Bernardini = 117 Beyer, Henny Hughes = 113 Beyer

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I enjoy the disagreements. I also think while you have an enormous amount of knowledge, along with an enthusiasm that I respect and wish many others had, that sometimes you venture into territory, such as this one, where you aren't as knowledgable as others. You know WAY more about breeding than I know now or will ever know ( in all likelihood ) and I certainly don't argue with you in those situations from my obvious point of weakness. However, I have spent a great deal of my life thinking about some of the things discussed in this thread, and I feel I am, in this case, arguing from strength. I have had these same arguments with Jerry Brown on many occasions.

There was little need for you to suggest I have an agenda, though I am curious as to what you think it may be, as my only real " agenda " ( so to speak ) in this argument is to clarify some points that I felt were erroneous. If you think it is some need to defend any criticism of Beyer, while I won't say you are totally wrong, I defend him as I do all my friends when I feel they are being UNFAIRLY ( or inaccurately ) criticized. I am guessing you would do the same if you felt that was the case with one of your friends here.

By the way, it's spelled maestro.

I repect your opinions, Andy..I always have....if I didn't feel I had knowledge of the subject then I wouldn't have based my opinions on the matter...when talking about understanding the horseplayer, just remember that I do have a very intimate knowledge of that from working in the Marketing Dept. at CDI for a couple fo years...say what you will, but it is the top horse racing company in the world and they do have some sharp people executing some sharp research processes to understand their customers - and I was fortunate to learn much of that during my time there....that is why I disagree on the Beyer front because we did some extensive research with a lot of DRF's help and we came to some certain conclusions...I can't go into detail beyond that