John V. & Flower Alley

[Danzig]

i'm not too sure about sun king catching grief over his breeding....but i think invasor would get a lot more attention and praise if he was a ky blue-blood, rather than an upstart immigrant.
the jury should still be out on flower alley....not a GREAT horse (yet, maybe never?)but one race neither should make a horse great, or take him so far out of contention. we've all seen horses throw in a clunker and rebound. maybe he'll come back like gangbusters...maybe he won't.

this race yesterday demonstrates EXACTLY why all judging on a horses greatness or lack thereof should only be discussed after retirement. months after. if flower alley comes out with a legit excuse, even god forbid one that causes his retirement, would he forever be bashed because his last was bad? shouldn't his runs at three, esp his good runs at saratoga late last summer, be part of the equation?