The hype on Top Billing has gone overboard

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I disagree that he was "much the best" against Commissioner.

Well, he had a much tougher trip and just about everything went against him.

I don't know what you saw.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Well, he had a much tougher trip and just about everything went against him.

I don't know what you saw.

He may have run a better race, but was not much the best. His "tough" trip consisted of being behind a modest pace and being VERY briefly in tight in upper stretch. While the things that went against him may have explained the eventual margin of defeat, I try to reserve the phrase as "much the best" for situations where a horse is faced with hurdles far more severe than those that Top Billing faced that afternoon.

He's a really nice horse, but because of his pedigree, his catchy running style and his universally beloved trainer, he is frighteningly overrated at this point.