Bernie

Danzig · #1 08-26-2006, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffymommy

Min Bid was last.

not too hard to believe considering his behavior since they started trying to saddle him....and then his antics in the gate.

on a suuny day · #2 08-26-2006, 05:58 PM

It was really nice to see Castellano reach out and and pat him on the neck, before the wire.

Great horse, Great race

ArlJim78 · #3 08-26-2006, 06:02 PM

I'll bet Cunningham is in a full lather about this point.
His dream has come true, the dominance of the sheiks.

Suffolk Shippers · #4 08-26-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I'll bet Cunningham is in a full lather about this point.
His dream has come true, the dominance of the sheiks.

Hahahahaha

Good one, Jim! He has a rod from here to Dubai.

Joking aside, I'm still not convinced this horse is the second coming. He has beaten approximately nobody and no one can truly measure this horse against the best or greatest because lets be honest:

A) this 3 yr old crop outside Bernardini and Barbaro is weak, and Barbaro is chillen in the ICU

B) The older horses arent exactly lighting things on fire, either.

Very likely that Bernardini wins the BCC, but in the end, he will be the class of whom he faced and not in the class of some of the greats.

sumitas · #5 08-26-2006, 08:18 PM

i just give a whole lot of congratulations to the Darley operation. they've earned their success and today was a historic day for them and horse racing.
fastest Travers winning time in 30 years according to Kenny Mayne.

kentuckyrosesinmay · #6 08-26-2006, 06:05 PM

Bernardini did just what I knew he would do...annihilated them. Just to let you know just how fast Bernardini actually was...Flower Alley won the Travers last year in 2:02.76. Just thought that I would throw that out there even though it is a different year. The track may be playing a little faster this year.

Danzig · #7 08-26-2006, 06:07 PM

unless of course you wanted to compare him to general assembly, than it would be playing slower.....

irishtrekker · #8 08-26-2006, 06:08 PM

Well, but his other races haven't been that slow, right...

So maybe it just indicates his versatility? He can win easy any number of ways. Sorry if I'm completely off about how to interpret the time.

kentuckyrosesinmay · #9 08-26-2006, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by irishtrekker

Well, but his other races haven't been that slow, right...

So maybe it just indicates his versatility? He can win easy any number of ways. Sorry if I'm completely off about how to interpret the time.

His final time was 2:01.60. Saratoga normally plays slower than some of the other tracks. Flower Alley's final time last year in this same race was 2:02.76. Yes, Benardini is very fast. His Preakness time was extremely fast. The scary thing though is that I think that the horse runs his best race if he is stalking and has something to run at.

Danzig · #10 08-26-2006, 06:13 PM

normally plays slower? yeah, that's why discreet laid down the fastest seven furlongs of the meet yesterday...

irishtrekker · #11 08-26-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

His final time was 2:01.60. Saratoga normally plays slower than some of the other tracks. Flower Alley's final time last year in this same race was 2:02.76. Yes, Benardini is very fast. His Preakness time was extremely fast. The scary thing though is that I think that the horse runs his best race if he is stalking and has something to run at.

Got it -- thanks!