2/16-18: Carlos (SA); Bertie (GP); Gen George (LRL)

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

You're going to have to explain this one. I'm not getting all sentimental here, but how could he have been overrated?

Barbaro was a good horse but I think he was far from proving himself as the superstar that his fans made him out to be. Granted, his Derby was an awesome, overpowering performance. But I think that if people judged Barbaro without all of the sentiment that comes with his story, they will find quite a few horses that were as good as or better at their best than Barbaro was. That begs the question of whether or not we saw Barbaro at his best? There's every chance that he could have shown even more. But strictly based on fact and not speculation, I think he was overrated.