Arc upset

[copying]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

The same could be said for Hurrican Run and Shirrocco. They didnt run their race. Deep Impact ran about as well as he possible could. He had the lead and let TWO horses go by and one of the horses was a mare.

If none of the big three ran their races, and Deep Impact outran them off a 3 month layoff, travel to the other side of the world, up closer than his liking due to lack of pace and lost to a horse which won it's last 4 in a row (3 at Longchamp), doesn't that make him their superior?

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Give Deep Impact a prep race, a pace, and his usual positioning toward the back of the field and he's the winner IMO.

[SundayStar]

Originally Posted by copying

If none of the big three ran their races, and Deep Impact outran them off a 3 month layoff, travel to the other side of the world, up closer than his liking due to lack of pace and lost to a horse which won it's last 4 in a row (3 at Longchamp), doesn't that make him their superior?

now don't go bringing logic into this argument....