Curlin in race #5 at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday!

Originally Posted by prudery

True ... I saw them both in person ... Affirmed did fill out as a stallion, which is normal and developed a curvaciousness he did not have in race trim ... At two he looked almost feminine, and at three looked slighter than he was ... My 15.3 OTTB had a bigger heart girth in race trim than all the horses mentioned, but no one thought he was King Kong ... Those measurements can be deceiving at times ...
Regardless, aside from being chestnuts, I do not see any resemblance between Affirmed and Curlin at all ...

Horses like Curlin that are in superior shape, very fit and are at the top in the race world... its impressive. Horses that are trained hard and raced hard can lose a bit of weight and not look so well. I basically was commenting that I thought he really looks significantly bigger to me around the girth compared to last I saw him. But perspective is difficult, he may have been running against small horses. I guess Asmussen would be the one to comment on this. Just trying to understand if my eyes are going bad... they are in other aspects.