Lava Man

Originally Posted by Gander

While I agree the field in yesterday's Manhattan towered over the race where Lava Man won, there were still 2 grade 1 winners in there that the Laza Man beat... Kings Drama and Sweet Return. Heck, Kings Drama won a big race here at Saratoga last summer so to most that would make him a super horse.

Tim thats really a stretch. I agree, a grade one winner is always a grade one winner, But it would be like beating Funny Cide now and saying you beat a grade one winner. CURRENT form is really the only way to judge the type of competition that a horse beats. Sweet return, Tim, Please. The poor horse is just in awful shape and not even a shadow of his former self. Kings drama isn't exactly sharp as a knife either.
Lava man is a neat horse, a horse who runs on both surfaces and runs fast and displays great heart. But hes gotta win a race outside of Cali for me to even consider him in the upper echelon in either division.