Especially To The Critics Of Big Brown

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by RollerDoc

Totally like your take on #1

What is JCGC and do you or anybody see a 3 yr old out there that could get on a streak like that?

Jockey Club Gold Cup. It's a Grade I, $1,000,000 race that has lost a lot of its luster (it used to be the equivalent to the Breeders' Cup Classic), but still counts for something. Curlin beat Lawyer Ron in the '07 JCGC.

Right now, there's no three-year-old that looks good enough to run the table this fall, but before the Florida Derby, I wouldn't have banked on a horse blowing the doors off the competition in the first two legs of the Triple Crown, either.

[RollerDoc]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Jockey Club Gold Cup. It's a Grade I, $1,000,000 race that has lost a lot of its luster (it used to be the equivalent to the Breeders' Cup Classic), but still counts for something. Curlin beat Lawyer Ron in the '07 JCGC.

Right now, there's no three-year-old that looks good enough to run the table this fall, but before the Florida Derby, I wouldn't have banked on a horse blowing the doors off the competition in the first two legs of the Triple Crown, either.

Got it...thanks. BTW, my dad grew up in Brooklyn, E 12th and Ave T then played basketball at Abraham Lincoln then scholarship to Duquesne University. No NBA though (I saw you are in Brooklyn)

[Danzig]

i don't think i've seen anyone say that big brown was exposed, or the 'real' big brown showed up yesterday. i'd say it's a given that at this point big brown is the cream of the crop. but then, that's not saying a whole hell of a lot this year.
as for the classic, i'll be shocked if he is still around for it-curlin as well. i don't see big brown staying in training, and i don't see curlin going on AWT. now, if big brown and curlin both go (and we see pigs flying at the same time) i would actually think big brown could give curlin a run for his money. it'd be late in the year, big brown would be presumably bigger, stronger, more mature-but the plus for him is his ability on turf, which often translates to ability on AWT. that combined with assmans woeful poly abilities, and curlin having had all his starts on dirt--i'd say it's a crap shoot wether curlin could run on the stuff at the same level as on dirt.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by RollerDoc

Got it...thanks. BTW, my dad grew up in Brooklyn, E 12th and Ave T then played basketball at Abraham Lincoln then scholarship to Duquesne University. No NBA though (I saw you are in Brooklyn)

Yeah, I live just outside of Park Slope, although I work on Nostrand Avenue between Avenue S and Avenue T, not too far from where your dad grew up. I cover high school basketball in the city, so I'm really familiar with Lincoln as well.