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[Split Rock]

Originally Posted by copying

How many times does Sunday Silence have to beat Easy Goer before he becomes the better horse?

Going into the Derby, Easy Goer was the better horse. He had simply done more at that point.

In my opinion, the two colts were very close but, based on overall resume, I would give the edge to Easy Goer. In the head to head matchups, Easy Goer was running on an off track in the Derby (clearly not his best surface) and was pinned to the rail in the Preakness. I think Sunday Silence was better in the Classic. Easy Goer crushed in the Belmont.

In other words, in this unique case, I wouldn't base my opinion solely on their head to head matchups. If they were running tomorrow, both at peak form and on a fast surface, I would bet Easy Goer.

[Linny]

Originally Posted by Split Rock

Going into the Derby, Easy Goer was the better horse. He had simply done more at that point.

In my opinion, the two colts were very close but, based on overall resume, I would give the edge to Easy Goer. In the head to head matchups, Easy Goer was running on an off track in the Derby (clearly not his best surface) and was pinned to the rail in the Preakness. I think Sunday Silence was better in the Classic. Easy Goer crushed in the Belmont.

In other words, in this unique case, I wouldn't base my opinion solely on their head to head matchups. If they were running tomorrow, both at peak form and on a fast surface, I would bet Easy Goer.

As long as the race was at Belmont which suited his ouchy ankles.

[HaloWishingwell]

I feel the same way. One look at the form screamed 99-1 and higher. I believe Andy mentioned his odds were closer to 150-1 in the exotics. I guess if you had the money and liked him, wheeling him in exotics was the way to go.

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by Split Rock

Going into the Derby, Easy Goer was the better horse. He had simply done more at that point.

In my opinion, the two colts were very close but, based on overall resume, I would give the edge to Easy Goer. In the head to head matchups, Easy Goer was running on an off track in the Derby (clearly not his best surface) and was pinned to the rail in the Preakness. I think Sunday Silence was better in the Classic. Easy Goer crushed in the Belmont.

In other words, in this unique case, I wouldn't base my opinion solely on their head to head matchups. If they were running tomorrow, both at peak form and on a fast surface, I would bet Easy Goer.

In the Preakness, Sunday Silence was boxed inside on the backstretch, had to wait for Easy Goer to go by, then used his superior athleticism to rush up on the outside. It was not an easy trip for Sunday Silence.

Apologies for coming on too strong in my previous post. When anyone questions Alysheba's superiority in his Derby, I get excited. ;>) And I'm still annoyed at Woody Stevens for that stupid Preakness gambit.

--Dunbar

[HaloWishingwell]

Originally Posted by Split Rock

Going into the Derby, Easy Goer was the better horse. He had simply done more at that point.

In my opinion, the two colts were very close but, based on overall resume, I would give the edge to Easy Goer. In the head to head matchups, Easy Goer was running on an off track in the Derby (clearly not his best surface) and was pinned to the rail in the Preakness. I think Sunday Silence was better in the Classic. Easy Goer crushed in the Belmont.

In other words, in this unique case, I wouldn't base my opinion solely on their head to head matchups. If they were running tomorrow, both at peak form and on a fast surface, I would bet Easy Goer.

I guess regardless of how it was done 3 out of 4 is not good enough. You want to make excuses for EASY GOER. About the track conditions in Churchill, well that's part of racing and always will. Should we put a dome over the tracks to prevent from happening? In The Preakness take a look how much ground SS lost in the blindswitch? I can easily come here and say SS would have swept him if he didnt have to face him on his home track Belmont but I'm not going to go into putting down EG because it only brings down SS achievements.