All this Hatin on Lava

Ok, here we go!!! Here is the list of runners up to "HOY" Lava Man so far this year, in chronological order.

Whos Crying Now -(ex Calder runner up in small stakes)

Magnum-(never won a grade one, come to think of it, his only graded win was a grade 3 in the mud at Lone Star)

Cheroot- useful Cal Bred who was just beaten like a drum in a small stakes race

Kings Drama- grade one winning grass horse(last years Sword Dancer) who is in bad form this year and has yet to win a race.

Ace Blue- what can I say?

Good Reward- is now 1-8 lifetime on the dirt, with one second and no thirds. Most recent race was an off the board finish at Prairie meadows.

Now if you think that a lineup deserving of HOY stature I just have to beg to differ. Lava is a great horse, a horse with speed and guts. But to be HOY you really have to beat much better than that. If he comes East and does so then he is a lock to get HOY. So where are all the predictions that he will do so? Thats the part I don't understand. All these folks proclaiming him HOY and the best I can coax out of anyone is that he may "hit the board" in the Classic? Now how does this work exactly? I really don't get it. One minute hes HOY and the next minute noone will say he can come East and win? Explain to me where my logic is off.