If you like Sun King in the Classic...

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

While I actually think Sun King has a good shot to hit the board in the Classic, I don't really get your post. First, Pleasantly Perfect had one race as a 3 year old, on the turf, and he was eased. I for one am not convinced that Sun King can't win at 1 1/4, but I think it's because of his running style now. Instead of being up on the pace, he's making one run, and his success this year is no coincidence. Yeah Flower Alley had had a very dissappointing year, but I don't think he has really been healthy all year. The distance of the races has nothing to do with it.

My point is that I don't think a few races against some very tough competition as a 3YO really proves a thing when it comes to the form of an older horse in November of their 4YO season. My second point is that 3YO form doesn't always translate into form as an older horse. Maybe Pleasantly Perfect is a bad example, but there are still a gaggle of horses out there who stink up the joint at a distance as a 3YO, yet run their eyeballs out at the same distance once they've matured.

Dalakhani: I would not be too critical of Premium Tap's Whitney debacle as he missed several workouts due to bad track conditions.

Slot: Pleasantly Perfect is by Pleasant Colony out of an Affirmed mare, a stout ten furlong pedigree. Sun King is genetically challenged at ten panels as his past performances point out. Two races were at one mile and three sixteenths, and lumped into the five. BBB