Why all the hate for the 3 yr olds???

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by wac

People on here know a lot more about racing then i so i'll ask why is there so much hate for the 3yr old crop this year? Outside of War Pass and Pyro it seems like most on here think every other horse sux. I think we were spoiled last year with SS, Hard Spun, Curlin etc but i "think" its a little early to say that all of these horses suck and aren't competitive. Is it b/c the beyers are low? The races they have had were crappy? B/c War Pass ran off and hid from everyone last year and made so many of them look foolish?I just think its early to say this horse sucks that horse sucks, maybe we haven't seen the best out of a lot of these horses. I just think that there are some horses that are going to improve with some races under there belt. I guess we will see.

This year is no different than any other year. Dig up last year's TC threads and you'll read virtually the same stuff you've been reading this year.

[Travis Stone]

Horseplayers are a funny breed. They're never happy. If we could go back in time, I'm sure folks would find holes to poke into Affirmed/Alydar. Sometimes it seems as thought 10+ years need to be pass before people really appreciate horses.

Disclaimer: This post does not at all reference this year's crop as the next Affirmed/Alydar!

[Cajungator26]

This crop stinks...

Hardly any of them have even run back to their best 2 year old numbers. They don't seem to be improving as 3 year olds which is what you want to see.

[justindew]

It's not just this crop of three-year-olds. It's the entire breed. There are no good horses.

(I'm being 85% serious)