Stroking Bernardini

Originally Posted by moodwalker

I tell you what, if his campaign stays to script as you are so sure it will.

I will come on here and "realize his brilliance."

This is what you wrote

"Barbaro was hands down probably the best turf 3YO in the world this year and maybe the best turf horse in the world period, but I am very comfortable saying that he wanted no part of Bernardini on the dirt.

Preakness (check in a runaway)

Jim Dandy (check in a public workout)

Travers

Jockey Club Gold Cup

BC Classic

Horse of the Year

.....4 more checks to go....."

If he "checks" off 3 out of 4 of those things, I will kiss my own ass...repeatedly.

You better get those lips warmed up. I hate Darley horses but even I can see he is a really special animal. 3 out of 4 is what you want, don't be surprised if 4 out of 4 comes through. He is just better than everyone out there. A lot better.

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Originally Posted by boldruler

You better get those lips warmed up. I hate Darley horses but even I can see he is a really special animal. 3 out of 4 is what you want, don't be surprised if 4 out of 4 comes through. He is just better than everyone out there. A lot better.

I love Darley horses, I just don't think he is the bees knees.

My lips will be warmed up for sure though, if he does what Joel says he will.

My prediction is that he will be pressured by other horses during races in the future and wilt.

But I do realize I can be wrong, and if so. All the credit to Mr. "realize brilliance"

Hes very talented. He also beat whats left of a demolished three year old crop that has had more injuries than any I can ever think of. Whats left ain't a whole lot. he should air in the Travers but after that hes gonna get a reality check. The older horses are very good this year. And they aren't gonna let him cruise to an easy lead. Apparently running away from hemingway's key gets you into the Hall of Fame. I think not.

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Originally Posted by oracle80

Hes very talented. He also beat whats left of a demolished three year old crop that has had more injuries than any I can ever think of. Whats left ain't a whole lot. he should air in the Travers but after that hes gonna get a reality check. The older horses are very good this year. And they aren't gonna let him cruise to an easy lead. Apparently running away from hemingway's key gets you into the Hall of Fame. I think not.

ditto.........

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Hes very talented. He also beat whats left of a demolished three year old crop that has had more injuries than any I can ever think of. Whats left ain't a whole lot. he should air in the Travers but after that hes gonna get a reality check. The older horses are very good this year. And they aren't gonna let him cruise to an easy lead. Apparently running away from hemingway's key gets you into the Hall of Fame. I think not.

I agree that he beat nobody on Saturday, but the way he did it was extremely impressive. He won under an absolute strangle-hold. He won by about 9 lengths and he could have won by well over 15 lengths. He looks like a really special horse. He's obviously the best 3 year old by far right now. I agree with Oracle that he should have no problem winning the Travers easily. With regard to the older horses, I'm not sure that there is anyone who can beat him. If Flower Alley is as good as he was last year, he may be able to give Bernardidni a battle. If Lava Man can take his form out of California, he may have a shot. Aside from those two, I don't any of the others are as good as Bernardini.

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I'm not ready to crown him HOY, but why is it that everytime a horse wins a race now, they "beat nobody." They're beating somebody. Bernardini won for fun in the Preakness, and was the easiest of winners yesterday. Let me guess, if he wins the Travers, he will have again beat nobody right?

Probably so

Welcome aboard the Bernardini bandwagon, my good friends!

I've been driving it since March 7 ...

... nice to finally have you all in the club.

[sumitas]

u r the greatest...

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Who would you like him to beat? He can only run against who shows up. And you're Scrappy T analogy is absolutely ridiculous. You have to be kidding, how can you possibly compare the two?

So you are telling me that you don't think Scrappy T would have won the Preakness by open lengths if Afleet Alex would have broken down 200 yards in?

After reading all of these posts about Bernardini today, I guess I would like him to beat every living horse on the planet "backwards while towing the starting gate" (I'm paraphrasing from another post)

Let's go back and remember Bellamy Road from last year.

Remember after his allowance win and Wood Memorial how people were talking?

This is the same type situation.

Bellamy Road beat the hell out of very suspect competition in those two races, and all of a sudden he was a GD world beater.

While Flower Alley just scrapped up to win the piss poor Lanes End at Turfway, and then he wins the Jim Dandy/Travers and gets second in the BCC to Saint Liam.

I haven't heard anyone say that Flower Alley is the second coming of Christ, where are those posts?

I mean, he beat Bellamy Road in the Travers. Who was the best horse since god damned Eclipse himself.

[sumitas]

His races were nowhere near as tough as Barabro's KD and Florida Derby. They were nowhere near as tough as the 2 examples by Hurricane Run and the world's best bred horse, Deep Impact.


Please, Bernardini needs to pass real tests.

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

You're just speculating a lot. Who knows who would have won the Preakness last year if Afleet Alex went down, because he didn't. You could say that about every race, if so and so went down, who would win? Obviously Flower Alley got better as the year went on, and Bellamy Road is a very nice horse. 2nd in the Travers, to a very good Flower Alley, especially off that layoff. But all of that doesn't matter, no one is talking about Bellamy Road, Flower Alley or Scrappy T. The topic is Bernardini, and he is a very special colt. He's beating whoever he runs against for fun, and will continue to.

Of course Bellamy Road is a nice horse. I never said he wasn't

What he is not is a Triple Crown winner, which is what seemed to be expected of him after last years romp in the Wood.

Just like you expect Bernardini to "beat whoever he runs agains for fun continually."

What happens when he doesn't do this, do you then just determine that he is a "nice horse" instead of "a very special colt?"