Is Curlin being overrated by the margins over nothing horses?

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I would agree with that. The old " he wasn't going all out " is almost universally wrong.

It really isn't hard to figure out either by looking at the fractions. If Curlin was eased through the wire and finished in 14 flat after putting away the field then he probably wasn't going all out. When the closing fractions are quite fast though it is pretty compelling evidence that the horse was all out. It just amazes me how many people use their visual interpretation to determine whether a horse was all out rather than the facts on the chart.