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Originally Posted by King Glorious
But did Lawyer Ron really step up? I'm not so sure he did. From a Beyer perspective he did and he ran good races at Oaklawn and Saratoga. But he wasn't beating much of anything at all. He was only beating other grade two and three level horses. When faced with real competition, he seemed to keep getting beat.
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Lawyer Ron stepped up in a handicap division that was in shambles around April 1. Whether you decide to call it him beating up on weak competition or stepping up, the fact of the matter is that he ran excellent races in the Oaklawn Handicap, Whitney, and Woodward, a very solid race in the Met Mile (where he lost to two subsequent G1 winners) and then didn't exactly disgrace himself in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He fell victim to a superior crop of 3YOs. Might that happen again this year? It could, but as for right now there are plenty of older horses who may be able to "step up" and join the fray and Grasshopper is definitely one of them.
NT