Is This Really the Best We Have?

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by GPK

KG...while I respect your opinion, Surf Cat has only raced 3 times this year due to injury. 2 sprints and 1 route (1 1/16). He is one incredibly versitale horse. He has stakes wins from 6.5 furlongs to 1 1/8. While I would love to see his connections race him outside of Cali, to see what he is really made of, I understand leaving him there and cleaning up where he is entered.

Don't get me wrong here. I actually think that Surf Cat is better than any horse on the list. I think he's tons better than Invasor and I'd take him over Lava Man also. I agree that he's incredibly versatile and other than maybe Discreet Cat and Bernardini, I think he's the best horse in the country. But injury or not, he's still only raced a few times this year. If u were going to make a list of top 10 horses just 4 and up, any distance or surface, I'd leave him on there. But nine times out of 10, the older male division is considered to be for route races. That's why they have a separate division for sprinters. I think Surf Cat deserves a high ranking in the sprint division but with only that one route, and it being in a small grade two field, I don't think he merits that ranking in this division.