Curlin's Legacy

[Smooth Operator]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

1. Who said Curlin was an all time great?

2. Didn't Curlin at least prove he was better than Street Sense and Hard Spun last year?

3. How could Hard Spun be thought of as better?

4. If Curlin was by Giant's Causeway, would he be thought of higher?

5. How can someone even begin to form an opinion on someone's place in history, when they don't have any clue about racing before 2003? And have no desire to either?

6. Is Mambo In Seattle an all time great?

1. Quiet Chris ... lol

2. Can't say for sure since Curlie was pharmacologically-altered by virtue of his abusive 'roid regimen last season. Haven't found any evidence that either SS or HS received injections of an anabolic steroid on a regular basis.

By the way, could Curlie's acceleration issues this season have anything to do with his being off the 'program'?

3. HS threw some nice performances at various distances and held up well all season long ... likely without the help of anabolic steroids. Not saying he was superior to Curlie ... just that it's difficult to compare a chemically-altered athlete to one that probably wasn't enhanced by steroids.

4. No opinion

5. Good question

If someone is pressed for time, though, I would suggest just watching all of Ghostzapper's races beginning with the '03 King's Bishop. He/she will learn a lot about the following thoroughbred traits: speed, class, brilliance, determination, versatility, stamina.

Would've made Curlie look like a Chuck Town claimer.

6. Don't know much about this Mambo beast, but if he runs in the BCC and finishes ahead of Curlie (and Big Brownroid for that matter) he'll be okay in my book.

Yeah, seeing those two 'roid freaks go down at the BC ... wouldn't that be a great way to usher out the despicable steroid abuse era in thoroughbred racing...