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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Keep avoiding it. The maturity edge stuff might be your finest work to date. Do you have a relative named Hrfan? 3 year olds have now won 9 of 25 runnings of the classic. Including Curlin last year. It's not a big deal for 3 year olds to beat elders late in the season. But, someone so on the ball probably already knew that.
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Lol ... you're too funny, DaHoss9698.
Did you even think before making that stellar post ... or did you just go off half-cocked and start typing?
Of course 3-year-olds will win their share of BCCs ... because many years the older division is so painfully mediocre. Last year was a perfect example of this. You didn't have to be a charter member of MENSA to figure out that the strong contingent of 3yos was gonna dominate the contest in Jersey.
What I said in the previous post is that a "TOP-CLASS" older horse will usually have an edge over a top 3yo. 2006 is a perfect example when the very nice 3yo Bernardini couldn't hang in the stretch with the older, high-quality Invasor.
How many of the 3yos did you see finishing ahead of SL in the '05 BCC ... or in front of GZ and RiM in '04? How 'bout PP in '03?
All top-class older runners which got the best of their younger rivals in the big race.
Heck, go back to the late '70s when the Triple Crown (and near TC) winners squared off against each other. The 4yo Slew got the best of Affirmed in '78 ... and, not surprisingly, the 4yo Affirmed took care of business against Spectacular Bid in 1979.