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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Aside from how bad the analogy was, the Lakers beat the Pistons on a horrendous late game call against Bill Lambeer in game six, and the fact that Isiah Thomas twisted his ankle in that same game, and was well below his game for the deciding game.
If you want to stick to that analogy, then you have proven how weak your argument for Thunder Gulch was, as no horse can be considered dominent simply because lucky breaks fell their way.
Thunder Gulch was a nice horse. Star Standard was second in his Belmont.
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Again though, the question isn't how good these horses were in the grand scheme of things. It's how much better were they than what they had to face. For example, say u believe Smarty Jones was an "a" level horse and the next best horse, Lion Heart was "c" level. Well, u may believe Thunder Gulch was "h" level in talent........but if the next best horses were "l", then his gap is bigger.
My argument was never about how great Thunder Gulch was. But when u win that many of those types of races, it's more than just a lucky break or two and things falling your way.
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