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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Yeah I am in agreement with this, which is why I found it so fascinating that Street Sense got the shaft here after the Preakness. They're both very nice horses, personally I don't see much separating them. So if Curlin is a freak, what's Street Sense? And Rags To Riches is a really nice filly also. The talks of her being an all time great are as premature as the talks of Bernardini being an all time great after his Travers last year, but I guess we just have to get used to it now.
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altho i'm not ready to put this crop on par with the one that brought us round table, iron liege, bold ruler, etc....i think this crop is getting a bit less respect than it deserves.
curlins' preakness win was a record tying effort, with him on the books as tying the stakes time.
street sense is the first two year old champ to win the derby in 28 years, the first bcj winner to win the derby, and was within a head bob of being on the books as tying the preakness stakes record--this after his season opener (when he 'wasn't at his best') and broke the tampa record...
now you've got a filly who is the first to win the belmont in 102 years, and the first to win it at 12 panels....
too soon to see how they all shake out, but i don't think this is a subpar crop at all. i think they've given a good accounting to this point. and don't forget, that bold ruler crop, there were three winners in the three classics....but please, don't take me saying that as indication i'm saying these will make such a lasting mark--they won't. chances are that none of the top of this crop will be around long enough to do so.