Divisional best by decade since 1900

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Danzig

he got off easy? i disagree. i thought he ran a good campaign (especially when you consider other hoy campaigns that have been run the last few years-i think mineshaft started almost as many times in that one year as GZ did in his entire career) and was deserving of hoy. was he the best since bid as has been suggested by another poster here? hell no. if he didn't deserve hoy, who did that year?

He isn't saying he got off easy in the sense that he purposely took on a light campaign. I think he is saying that although he mapped out a schedule of tough races, all of those races came out really light that year and he got off without having to run against all but one of the best horses.

Tough to make a compelling case as a more deserving HOY that year but I do agree with KG that olmodavor and hold that tiger are the best that mineshaft beat. That's pretty weak all things considered.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

He isn't saying he got off easy in the sense that he purposely took on a light campaign. I think he is saying that although he mapped out a schedule of tough races, all of those races came out really light that year and he got off without having to run against all but one of the best horses.

Tough to make a compelling case as a more deserving HOY that year but I do agree with KG that olmodavor and hold that tiger are the best that mineshaft beat. That's pretty weak all things considered.

which is why i don't think he belongs on any 'all time' list. he was no monster imo. but i don't have any qualms about the schedule he ran, especially compared to some other hoy winners we've had in the last few years. gz with four starts, zenyatta last year with nary an open win, blame was a candidate with, what, five wins in six starts? i think the chief criticism some have regarding mineshaft was he didn't run in the classic.