Overated / Underated... the anti-HOY Awards (so far...)

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Originally Posted by Kasept

1.) Let's see Lava Man outside of California.

2.) I like Flower Alley a great deal but will take a wait and see with his soundness.

3.) UAE Derby? Wow... Maybe you hadn't noticed while you were waiting the 7 months for Flower Alley to run, but Invasor has just that the lone loss in his career. Why doesn't that standard apply to Flower Alley's career record? Did he even get close enough to Afleet Alex to know the color of his tail?

Good response. I like your "know the color of his tail" line better than my "seemes like he was in another race" line.
And the answer, is of course, no. As far as I am concerned, Afleet Alex was certainly better than either of these horses. I am not saying that I think Invasor is a bad horse. I am just saying that he is overrated. I do not think he beat very much in those last two wins, and I like Flower Alley's races in last year's Travers and BC Classic better than anything I have seen from Invasor. Of course we will not know for sure until they (hopefully) face off at Saratoga, but I like Flower Alley's chances.