Big Brown is no Preakness lock

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

What? What evidence makes you say that it's a reach? He probably isn't as good, but he's done just as much through May 6 as Bernardini had done.

Because Bernardini has already proven himself.
We already know what he did at and after the
Preakness.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Because Bernardini has already proven himself.
We already know what he did at and after the
Preakness.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Because Bernardini has already proven himself.
We already know what he did at and after the
Preakness.

Great point. Bernardini won a bunch of Grade I's after the Derby, and Harlem Rocker hasn't. I agree.

You insinuated that it was some major drawback that Harlem Rocker hadn't gone two turns. Well, neither had Bernardini. What Bernardini did in the Preakness and after is irrelevant, because Harlem Rocker hasn't had a chance to do any of those things.

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Great point. Bernardini won a bunch of Grade I's after the Derby, and Harlem Rocker hasn't. I agree.

You insinuated that it was some major drawback that Harlem Rocker hadn't gone two turns. Well, neither had Bernardini. What Bernardini did in the Preakness and after is irrelevant, because Harlem Rocker hasn't had a chance to do any of those things.

All I am saying is Bernardini is a very special case
and the implied comparison is not the greatest. But..

If Harlem Rocker goes on to win the Preakness,
JIm Dandy, Travers, Jockey Club Gold by significant margins,
and then loses while battling on the front end for
much of the race and getting passed by a horse as good
as Invasor in the BCC. That would be cool.

And even though I am not into breeding, Bernadini
was expected to do a lot based on his background,
and he did.