Top 25 Most Overrated Performances of '06

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Flower Alley was not competitive at all this year, and putting him away is hardly impressive.

Invasor was moved early into a hot pace to do so.....

Even if Flower Alley does suck---Jara still moved very prematurely simply to take it Flower Alley.

[cmorioles]

I was reading from oldest to newest, didn't see this had been addressed already. No doubt he ran a much better race than Sun King did.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

I was reading from oldest to newest, didn't see this had been addressed already. No doubt he ran a much better race than Sun King did.

Like you hadn't seen it all before.

I thought it was deja vu all over again.

[repent]

1.The Tin Man Arlington Million
2.The Tin Man Dubai Duty Free
3.The Tin Man Clement Hirsch
4.The Tin Man American Invite
5.The Tin Man workout at Hollypark
6-10 Repeat any of Fleet Indian's wins
11-25 I dont know. guess anything that happened in the KEE fall meet


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[mark2061mn]

Two very overrated races and/or performances you left off drugS.

The gotham stakes. Have any of the major players in that race came back to win a graded stakes this year, other than the one win by SNS, which, leads me to the 2nd overrated race...

The Illinois derby. This is the race that created the legend of SNS, especially in the minds of the young and very impressionable. Can you believe people made him the favorite over Barbaro in the ky derby? This right there nails the illinois derby as one of the all time most overrated performances in history!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Like Now's win in the Gotham was circumstanical...however, it wasn't that overrated. No one ever took that horse seriously.

Sweetnorthernsaint won the Illonois Derby with a sweet trip, however, his performance was excellent in my opinion. Let's not forget, he was 2nd, with like a 108 Beyer in the Preakness, inspite of the fact he grabbed a quarter leaving the gate, and had a MUCH worse trip than Bernardini had.

[mark2061mn]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Like Now's win in the Gotham was circumstanical...however, it wasn't that overrated. No one ever took that horse seriously.

Sweetnorthernsaint won the Illonois Derby with a sweet trip, however, his performance was excellent in my opinion. Let's not forget, he was 2nd, with like a 108 Beyer in the Preakness, inspite of the fact he grabbed a quarter leaving the gate, and had a MUCH worse trip than Bernardini had.

Thank you sal!

that reminds me of yet another seriously overhyped race. The preakness! Half the contenders get hurt and he walks around the track unmolested.

his performance was impressive, yes, but his figure was a fraud, in my eyes.

you know how i feel about bernardini too. someone should start a thread, the most overhyped really really good horses of the last 20 years.

[mark2061mn]

Sweetnorthernsaint won the Illonois Derby with a sweet trip, however, his performance was excellent in my opinion. Let's not forget, he was 2nd, with like a 108 Beyer in the Preakness, inspite of the fact he grabbed a quarter leaving the gate, and had a MUCH worse trip than Bernardini had.

By the way, speaking of SNS, is it true that they are shopping for another optional claiming race for him?