dear bernardini fans....

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

Can't we all just admit that the reason we don't like Bernardini is because of the Preakness? I have admitted it. I admit that Bern is a good horse and probably the top three year old (Only due to Barbaro not being able to show what he is capable of.)

I think Barbaro's injury put a cloud over Bernardini that many of us can't look past.

I agree with Buffy that the Preak is half the equation. But I still don't think anyone hates the horse, hes just an innocent animal. I think the other half was since I have been following the sport I have seen some damn good horse get questioned right up to the end of their careers. I questioned Zapper's ability to go a mile and a quarter, and when he did do I was the first to say he was one of the best ,if not the best, that I ever saw.
Last year many of the same folks who were Bernadians(great line Jim, sounds almost Biblical, I suppose those who love Corinthian earlier this year were Corinthians) this year questioned and lampooned Saint Liam up to the end.
But the arrogance shown by the Bernadians was the most outrageously over the top display I have ever seen in my entire time following horses.
The way that they talked down to folks "who dared question" him was wild.
I think the animosity that developed was not over the horse himself, but against his supporters who acted that way.
Its over now, and really guys and gals, its long past time to move off the topic.