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[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

Showing Up is just as good as any older turf horse, but only up to around 10f. It is not so much that Showing Up is so great, but he fits right in with the good, but not great american turf horses. They all just beat each other over and over and Showing Up will beat them one day, when his turn comes around. Next year he should not have Cacique and English Channel either.

Showing Up though, is not in Bernardini or Barbaro's league. He is likely to be another Lava Man type. Very good, but never great.

I think that Showing Up is a good horse. The thing we were talking about on this board after the Arlington Million was how Showing Up ran faster than The Tin Man at the same track, on the same day, at the same distance. So the discussion was about what would have happened if Showing Up would have been in the Arlington Million. Would he have won the race? He ran faster than they did. My answer was that I did not think he would have won. I thought the final time of his race was faster only because the fractions were so slow in the Million. I'm not saying that Showing Up would have embarrassed himself in the Million. I just don't think he would have won.