Big Brown

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Originally Posted by dalakhani

If Big Brown loses this race, this thread would be 20 pages long with people calling him a fraud.

A little gloating by his biggest fans surely shouldnt ruffle any feathers.

His detractors should be very excited that he won. Price goes down to less than 2-1 now in the classic.

I wouldn't be calling him a fraud. Losing the race wouldn't make him a fraud in the eyes of people who know horses, talent, etc. That's similar to Dutrow saying "we never got beat by a filly and we never got beat on turf" and the thinking along those lines. Nonsense.

I think most people understand there is a big different between being a fan of a horse (minimal, fanatical, doesn't matter) and having an opinion as to how "good" or "great" a horse is vis a vis his career, his performance(s), a particular crop, etc.

People who say this horse is a fraud are letting their personal bias supercede their ability to judge ability. Perhaps a few of those people don't have that ability. People who say this is one of the greatest horses of all time are guilty of the same thing in my mind. And perhaps a few of them have no clue either.

Eric