invasor is similar to alysheba

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Slewbopper

Sheba ran a sub 2:00 1 1/4 in the 87 Woodward WITHOUT lasix. Regarding race records, it is hard to comapre Invasor's 11 for 12 with Sheba's 11 for 26.

I also think that Invasor would be hard pressed to win 11 against the horses that Alysheba ran against.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

I guess because I was never a big Alysheba fan, I'm biased...still, you can't take anything away from him. It would be interesting to see how he would have done versus Alysheba & those horses from the late 80's. It was different then.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

I guess because I was never a big Alysheba fan, I'm biased...still, you can't take anything away from him. It would be interesting to see how he would have done versus Alysheba & those horses from the late 80's. It was different then.

It is unbelievable how much different it was. I was never a huge fan of Alysheba back then but in hindsight I wish there were more like him now. I also wish there were more guys like Van Berg that believed in his horse and would pretty much seek out the other good horses to prove what he had. Now all anybody wants to do it knock off a couple of Grade 1's and get to the shed before they get beat. I guess Invasor is the closest thing we get these days. Like I said before I would love to see him go west to run against Lava Man in California. But I bet he runs in the Surbuban, Whitney, Gold Cup and Classic which is a great year if he wins them all. But who the hell is there to even give him a scare? I mean Premium Tap is a pretty good horse but he has one or 2 graded stakes wins. And I suppose he wont be coming back.