Animal Kingdom @ Royal Ascot

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

So going from 1 1/4 on Tapeta to 1 mile straightaway isn't that big of a difference?

Did you at least like the Bret Saberhagen comparison?

I'm going to get in trouble if I answer that, as I think Saberhagen was great. That was, however, a much better analogy.

Animal Kingdom is a really cool horse. I think on everybody's best day, he was likely the best of today's group, it was much more the circumstances that were the problem. In a way, you could almost be more critical of him had he lost today by a neck. He simply didn't show up today.