The 3-year-old males

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Betsy

I understand hope and I don't mean to imply that the horses we've seen recently are not talented or are not capable of being among the best in their crop.......We'll see them run against their more proven counterparts soon enough. The fact is, though, after the TC, you're right they don't run enough anymore - against each other especially. 1986- what a fantastic crop of horses. Gulch was the first horse I followed from beginning to end and I was lucky, I think - he was a pretty special horse

I'm more in agreement with you in that I think a horse like Uncle Mo or Boys at Tosconova deserve to stay near the top of the rankings until proven otherwise. Yes, they are out of sight and that opens the door for others to move in but the others haven't done more than the leaders have. I believe that a champ is a champ until beaten. Right now, the Spurs are running away with the best record in the NBA but until they beat the Lakers in the playoffs or someone else does, LA is still the champ.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I'm more in agreement with you in that I think a horse like Uncle Mo or Boys at Tosconova deserve to stay near the top of the rankings until proven otherwise. Yes, they are out of sight and that opens the door for others to move in but the others haven't done more than the leaders have. I believe that a champ is a champ until beaten. Right now, the Spurs are running away with the best record in the NBA but until they beat the Lakers in the playoffs or someone else does, LA is still the champ.

That's right - I just don't think they've done anything wrong to be knocked off their perch, esp. by maiden winners. For all we know, Uncle Mo ,THAS, Boys, etc... will be even better at 3 than they were last year. I wouldn't even put Dialed In above them until I see the others come back ..........and they don't have to win, either.