Does this taint the Travers?

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

well...if anything taints the race yesterday, it would be that bernardini got to set an easy pace, while bgc did everything he could to keep him honest up front. which took bgc out of his element, because he never ran a race like that before. let him lope, he'd have too much left for the finish, press him too much, neither has a shot at the end. high cotton wasn't classy enough to keep up. props to bgc for trying.

ought to be interesting when bernardini has a legit frontrunner....of course than he'll probably just track off him and blow by...but i'd like to see it to know for sure.

commentator is set to return next wknd in the forego. maybe he'll be at the jcgc after....that ought to be interesting.

basically, we'll never know if it's a skewed result. so you just applaud the win and go on.

good post - I'm still thrilled, but sad abut BC. The one thing I'll say about BC being taken out of his game (and Johnny V had no choice) is that that in itself shows how good Bernardini is. How often do you see a jock do what he did?

Bern is so versatile, which is partly why I was so confident in him. Jerry Bailey said it best on the telecast - he has such a quick turn of foot, that he can escape some situations that many horses can not. For instance, if BC had him blocked on the inside,Javier could just back Bern up and go around......pretty quickly, too. It would take too much out of a horse like BC, who is more of a grinder. If a horse is going to be great, then there will still be questions to be answered. Like you, Danzig, I'm sure Bernardini would have no problem with legitimate speed, but if we want to find out, we won't have to wait too long.

What a frustrating game........I won't let BC's injury taint this for me, but it certainly makes it bittersweet.