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Old 07-31-2006, 03:23 PM
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Laugh at me now if you want to. You won't be laughing at the end of the year. Do you all not recognize a truely great horse when you see him? I mean what that horse did in his last three races was unbelievable, and he is improving. This is the best horse I have ever seen live by far. He is Ghostzapper quality, and for a three year old, that is scary.
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:24 PM
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Laugh at me now if you want to. You won't be laughing at the end of the year. Do you all not recognize a truely great horse when you see him? I mean what that horse did in his last three races was unbelievable, and he is improving. This is the best horse I have ever seen live by far. He is Ghostzapper quality, and for a three year old, that is scary.
Not laughing, just asking for a reality check...
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:32 PM
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Not laughing, just asking for a reality check...
I don't need a reality check. I just see this horse for what he really is.
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:33 PM
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I don't need a reality check. I just see this horse for what he really is.
Yes, but you have said similar things about:
Afleet Alex
Lawyer Ron
Barbaro
and now
Bernardini

Did you not see the other 3 for what they were?
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:38 PM
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Yes, but you have said similar things about:
Afleet Alex
Lawyer Ron
Barbaro
and now
Bernardini

Did you not see the other 3 for what they were?
Afleet Alex...injured after winning two grade I's. Could have been one of the best.
Barbaro...injured after winning the Derby undefeated. Could have been one of the best.
Bernardini...winning everything easily. Will become one of the best if he is not injured.
Lawyer Ron...I never said he was a superhorse. I just said that he was potentially one. I thought he would develop a little more quickly than he did. He was still a very immature looking colt when he ran in the Derby, and has a lot of growing left to do. He is working really good again after his surgery. The jury is still out on him.
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:49 PM
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Afleet Alex...injured after winning two grade I's. Could have been one of the best.
Barbaro...injured after winning the Derby undefeated. Could have been one of the best.
Bernardini...winning everything easily. Will become one of the best if he is not injured.
Lawyer Ron...I never said he was a superhorse. I just said that he was potentially one. I thought he would develop a little more quickly than he did. He was still a very immature looking colt when he ran in the Derby, and has a lot of growing left to do. He is working really good again after his surgery. The jury is still out on him.
What if Bernardini never races again, it's not out of the question and I certainly hope we get to see him run again, but would he be all of these things after winning a marred Preakness and beating a horse making his 3rd life time start with very little pressure...

Would you still consider him great? I sure wouldn't. I love the horse and hope he does go on to be a great, but to proclaim him that now is foolish and ego driven, because everyone loves to say I told you so...Funny how all of these "I told you so's" were not boasting of some prediction they made before the Preakness...

I truly believe Bellamy Road is one of the best horses I have ever seen, but I can't prove it based on his record....
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Old 07-31-2006, 04:04 PM
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What if Bernardini never races again, it's not out of the question and I certainly hope we get to see him run again, but would he be all of these things after winning a marred Preakness and beating a horse making his 3rd life time start with very little pressure...

Would you still consider him great? I sure wouldn't. I love the horse and hope he does go on to be a great, but to proclaim him that now is foolish and ego driven, because everyone loves to say I told you so...Funny how all of these "I told you so's" were not boasting of some prediction they made before the Preakness...

I truly believe Bellamy Road is one of the best horses I have ever seen, but I can't prove it based on his record....
I agree with you 100%. Bellamy Road was one of the best horses I ever saw as well. I'm not laughing at Kentucky, but I want to see Bernardini win against older horses before I jump on his bandwagon. JMO.
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Old 07-31-2006, 04:04 PM
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What if Bernardini never races again, it's not out of the question and I certainly hope we get to see him run again, but would he be all of these things after winning a marred Preakness and beating a horse making his 3rd life time start with very little pressure...

Would you still consider him great? I sure wouldn't. I love the horse and hope he does go on to be a great, but to proclaim him that now is foolish and ego driven, because everyone loves to say I told you so...Funny how all of these "I told you so's" were not boasting of some prediction they made before the Preakness...

I truly believe Bellamy Road is one of the best horses I have ever seen, but I can't prove it based on his record....
Nope, I wouldn't consider him great if he was injured right now. That is why I said it in my post above. Just like I don't consider Barbaro and Afleet Alex one of the greatest. I don't even consider GZ to be one of the greatest because, although he was very brillant, he didn't run often enough. If Bernardini is not injured, this is going to be one of the greatest horses ever.

I am usually not one to say "I told you so". You should know that as of now because I have been chatting with you for a long time, and we frequently agree on many issues. I just want everyone to see this horse for what he really is, and to enjoy him while he is here. We don't know when there will be another one like him. Just enjoy him.

I am in total awe of him. Like I said, he is the first horse that I have ever seen race live who left me totally speechless after he won. It was the fact that Javier had so much horse under him and he never even asked him to go. He just loped under the wire. We will probably see what he is really made of in the Travers, and if we do, it is going to be a real show. After taking about a minute to compose myself after watching the Jim Dandy, all I could manage to do was to stare at the TV screen and say, "He is here." In fact, the whole OTB was silent for a few moments after everyone watched what Bernardini did to the field. It wasn't who he beat. It was how he did it.

BTW, I also think BR is one of the most talented horses that I have seen. I wish someone that knew what they were doing would get a hold of him and campaign him as Bobby Frankel did with GZ. Then maybe BR would stay sound long enough to win a few races.

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Old 07-31-2006, 03:27 PM
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Laugh at me now if you want to. You won't be laughing at the end of the year. Do you all not recognize a truely great horse when you see him? I mean what that horse did in his last three races was unbelievable, and he is improving. This is the best horse I have ever seen live by far. He is Ghostzapper quality, and for a three year old, that is scary.
Agreed. I don't see how anyone can not see that this is an all-time great horse.
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