Top 25 Most Overrated Performances of '06

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I think Brother Derek is pretty damn nice horse actually.

However, his wins in both the San Rafeal and the Santa Anita Derby came uncontested on a comfortable lead, through very moderate fractions. Both wins were earned with textbook dream trips.

Brother Derek was made the morning line favorite for the Derby, pretty much off the basis of those two perfect trip wins.

BD is a pretty good horse as it is....however, when he is allowed an easy early lead through moderate fractions...he becomes a VERY good horse.

[blackthroatedwind]

I would say a case could be made that Brother Derek's KY Derby was the most wildly overrated performance by a losing horse this year. His wide trip was every phony wise guy's trip of the year causing people to inflate his chances in the Preakness which wasn't going to set up well for him even if he wasn't eliminated early in the race.

Was Discreet Cat's win at Saratoga going to be 25th so you snuck Sun King in just to keep him off the list?

[Swale84]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I would say a case could be made that Brother Derek's KY Derby was the most wildly overrated performance by a losing horse this year. His wide trip was every phony wise guy's trip of the year causing people to inflate his chances in the Preakness which wasn't going to set up well for him even if he wasn't eliminated early in the race.

Was Discreet Cat's win at Saratoga going to be 25th so you snuck Sun King in just to keep him off the list?

Discreet Cat's win against a bunch of nobodys got all the Bernardini haters excited that Bernie would go down.