Top Ten Preakness Moments

[philcski]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Remind me who the two " great " horses were in that KY Derby.

He hung in the Breeder's Futurity? I think you might want to watch that race again.

If you want to call Hard Spun and Curlin very good, and not great, that's fine. I hate calling Curlin "great" anyways. Can't find a replay of the '06 Breeders... but would like to see it again.

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Interesting. Saying that Street Sense didn't look good finishing up in his Derby victory is "incorrect" and "unfairly critical". How does his Preakness effort jive with my assessment?

I guess there's always a chance that Curlin improved 7 lengths in 2 weeks or that Calvin Borel thought the 1/16th pole was the finish line...

Hmmm... did you say that between the Derby and Preakness? Otherwise it's easy to look at it in hindsight. And anybody could see Street Sense was 4-5 lengths better at CD than anywhere else. That is unquestionable. Then Curlin only would have had to improved by 2-3 lengths. Not exactly impossible, especially considering his trip in the Preakness was much smoother.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on THIS year's Preakness, to be honest.