Afleet Alex

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

The Triple Crown Races are restricted to 3 year olds. If you wanted to compare 3 year olds during the Triple Crown to humans, I would say the 3 year olds are like 18 year old humans in terms of physical maturity. They definitely have not yet fully matured or reached their full potential. So the best 3 year old in the country is usually not the best horse in the country. There are usually a few good 4 or 5 year olds that can beat the best 3 year old, but not always. Once in a while you will see a great 3 yeard old who can beat the older horses.
Afleet Alex looked like a really good horse. If he didn't get hurt, he may have had a shot against Saint Liam.

I agree with the other posters that Bernardidni looks like a really good horse. He is definitely in the top few best horses in the country and may even be the best. We will find out in a couple of months when he faces older horses. If I personally had to pick one horse to own for the rest of the year, I would definitely pick Bernardini.

not Henny?...Would be an interesting selection..Both have serious upside because they haven't been squeezed dry yet....I actually would take Henny the more I think about it. Sprint division isn't that tough, 3 year old or even the older, where Bern is going to get feed to the wolves in the gold cup, I still think Flower Alley dusts this horse, we will see if he is the same Flower as he was last year, FA loves Toga and Pletcher should have him LOADED for the Whitney