Top 25 Most Overrated Performances of '06

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Originally Posted by Pointg5

Bernardini:
1. Jim Dandy
2. Travers
3. Jockey Club Gold Cup
4. Preakness


All 3 are races that were overrated by the Bernmafia, in reality they were nice races, but nowhere near the Crowning Achievements that some made them to be...

exactly! i couldn't believe i read through 3 full pages of posts before somebody made this point. the words "overrated" and "bernardini" are basically synonymous!
however, even a confirmed bernardini-hater like me would probably rank lava man's dirt wins this year as just as overrated as bern's based on LM's post time odds in the bcc. everybody that knows anything about horse racing knew that horse should have been around 25/1 based on his lifetime of performances outside of California. based on the fact that he was most certainly NOT 25/1....i'd say his performances were severely overrated by the betting public.