Baffert, Point Given among Hall of Fame finalists

[Linny]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Anytime a horse goes off at 56/1 in the ILL Derby during the 3yo season and 133/1 odds in the Met Mile during there 4-year-old season... there probably not going to sniff the Hall of Fame no matter how many wire-to-wire wins they stack up later on in there career.

By those standards horses like Symie, Seabiscuit and more are unworthy. They ran in low claiming company early on. I don't see BTA getting in to the Hall, but I don't thinbk it's because he wasn't a great 3yo.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Linny

By those standards horses like Symie, Seabiscuit and more are unworthy. They ran in low claiming company early on. I don't see BTA getting in to the Hall, but I don't thinbk it's because he wasn't a great 3yo.

Stymie was never more than 6/1 as a 4yo - Seabiscuit was never more than 6/1 as a 4yo .. Black Tie Affair was 133/1 as a 4yo.

The point was Black Tie Affair isn't going to be a hall of famer just because he piled up a bunch of real nice wire-to-wire wins in one season.

[slotdirt]

It's not like Black Tie Affair would be the Catfish Hunter of the Hall if he ever made it. Unbridled, Strike the Gold, and Summer Squall weren't exactly chumps in 1991.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

It's not like Black Tie Affair would be the Catfish Hunter of the Hall if he ever made it. Unbridled, Strike the Gold, and Summer Squall weren't exactly chumps in 1991.

They weren't exactly a who's who of champions either.