US 2007 3YO's v. Europe 2008 3YO's

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

It's not even close. The Euro's were far better. Zarkava was easily the best horse of the bunch. Her and Goldikova both beat older males. The rest of the Euro's all beat older horses too. And not just cheap older horses like Hard Spun and AGS did last year but to level ones. Curlin was the best of ours and as a 4yo, he was gunned down by Raven's Pass and Henry.....and it's very arguable that Goldikova was as good as or better than they were. I don't think it's any comparison at all and I'd say this Euro class of 2008 was one of the best 3yo classes I've seen in my 22 years as a fan.

i agree... well maybe not the last sentence as I havent thought it through that hard... nor do I have 22 years of horsey racing experience.

But the 08 3yo's in Europe are much much better than 07 US 3yo's.

Lets see:

Ravens Pass > Curlin
Henry > Hard Spun/SS
Zarkarva > all of em
Gold > Rags

yeah no brainer here folks.

[smuthg]

Curlin at 3, especially at the Breeders' Cup, was pretty damn good...

[Smooth Operator]

Originally Posted by smuthg

Curlin at 3, especially at the Breeders' Cup, was pretty damn good...

Um, I think you mean Supercurlie, sir. lol

[brockguy]

it was a class group this year..

you win the Breeders Cup Classic and you dont even win top 3 yo colt..

Goldikiva could be scary good next year!