Corinthian or Bernardini

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Originally Posted by boldruler

Corinthian is just an allowance winner. Bernardini is a potential superstar horse. He might turn out to be his main competition though next year. I think both we will back as 4yr olds.[/QUOTE}

Well Corinthian did cross the finish line 1st in the FOY. Of course he did get disqualified. I think that it is about equal between the two horses. Bernardini did win a depleated Preakness field. Should be interesting if Corinthian comes back healthy.

Corinthian has a ton of talent. Might be a great horse one day but Bernardini has already proven his is a great horse. His last two wins displayed talent that very few horses have had in a years. His Preakness was as good as they get.

[Gander]

Lets not get carried away. That was one of the worst Preakness fields ever. Add in that the best horse broke down and Brother Derek nearly fell on him, and you have a very inconsequential outcome.

Before you deem Bernardini great, he has to do more. Before that he beat Luxemburg who just came back recently and got clobbered by a horse not even mentioned when you talk about good 3 year olds- Fabulous Strike.

Originally Posted by Gander

Lets not get carried away. That was one of the worst Preakness fields ever. Add in that the best horse broke down and Brother Derek nearly fell on him, and you have a very inconsequential outcome.

Before you deem Bernardini great, he has to do more. Before that he beat Luxemburg who just came back recently and got clobbered by a horse not even mentioned when you talk about good 3 year olds- Fabulous Strike.

Tim I dunno how you judge races but Luxembourg wasn't clobbered. he was beaten a couple of lengths off the layoff in a race that went in wicked fast time after being left at the gate. It was a very nice race for him to build on to stretch out. He wasn't going to ring him out in an allowance race off the layoff with a sharp lone speed horse going short.

To be precise the race went in 1:08:3 and he was beaten 3 1/4 lengths. Thats a pretty nice performance off a little layoff at a distance that was not his forte. I think Lux will be super tough the next time he runs in a stretchout race.

Originally Posted by oracle80

To be precise the race went in 1:08:3 and he was beaten 3 1/4 lengths. Thats a pretty nice performance off a little layoff at a distance that was not his forte. I think Lux will be super tough the next time he runs in a stretchout race.

Lux is very talented. Their other Dontfearthereaper though has been a major disappointment.

[Gander]

I believe he broke his maiden the day I sat with you and had coffee at UG.
That was one heck of a race. I think it was at Gulfstream.

[Gander]

Well ateam, the derby winner broke down 200 yards out of the gate and Brother Derek nearly fell down on him. Take those 2 out of the race and I'd say yes, it was very weak. Never been all that goo goo over SweetNorthernSaint.

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Originally Posted by Gander

Lets not get carried away. That was one of the worst Preakness fields ever. Add in that the best horse broke down and Brother Derek nearly fell on him, and you have a very inconsequential outcome.

Before you deem Bernardini great, he has to do more. Before that he beat Luxemburg who just came back recently and got clobbered by a horse not even mentioned when you talk about good 3 year olds- Fabulous Strike.

Competition doesnt matter IMO due to the way he did it. Final quarter in 24:34. Rocketed to the front for Castellano - plus I dont consider this field (Sweetnorthernsaint, Bro Derek, Like Now) that weak - 2 of the Derby favorites right there.

[Gander]

True Mike, very true. He obviously has him pointing towards bigger 2 turn races down the line. I shouldnt have used the word clobbered giving the situation with the layoff and the short distance. For a comeback race it was fine and he was gaining ground, albeit the race was over, in deep stretch.

Originally Posted by Gander

True Mike, very true. He obviously has him pointing towards bigger 2 turn races down the line. I shouldnt have used the word clobbered giving the situation with the layoff and the short distance. For a comeback race it was fine and he was gaining ground, albeit the race was over, in deep stretch.

They needed a prep for a future stakes race and even though it was too short for him and he had to go wide he ran very very well in a fast race. Hes a very nice horse.

Originally Posted by Gander

Lets not get carried away. That was one of the worst Preakness fields ever. Add in that the best horse broke down and Brother Derek nearly fell on him, and you have a very inconsequential outcome.

Before you deem Bernardini great, he has to do more. Before that he beat Luxemburg who just came back recently and got clobbered by a horse not even mentioned when you talk about good 3 year olds- Fabulous Strike.

I am well aware of Fabulous Strike, he helped put $1K in my pocket that day. Luxemburg really is not a 6F horse in my opinion and FS is one of the best out there. Bernardini is great. As good as Barbaro.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Gander

Lets not get carried away. That was one of the worst Preakness fields ever. Add in that the best horse broke down and Brother Derek nearly fell on him, and you have a very inconsequential outcome.

Before you deem Bernardini great, he has to do more. Before that he beat Luxemburg who just came back recently and got clobbered by a horse not even mentioned when you talk about good 3 year olds- Fabulous Strike.

One of the worst Preakness fields ever?

Timmy, who else would you like to have seen in the Preakness that wasn't there? You had the top three choices from the Derby. Who was missing? Lawyer Ron? Sinister Minister?