Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

No, I am not biased at all. I actually like Barbaro's story much better than Bernardini's. I am a huge fan of both Micheal Matz and the Jacksons. My heart would give the award to Barbaro, but my head would give it to Bernardini. In voting, my head would obviously win. However, depending on what Bernardini does by the end of the year, he may truely be in my heart as well. Besides, Bernardini isn't done racing yet, and I truely believe that he will win or put on a show in both his races against older horses.

Bernardini has won two Grade I's and Barbaro has won two Grade I's. They both have beaten very good horses in SNS, BD, and BGC. However, I truely believe that Bernardini is more talented on dirt than Barbaro was based on his final times and stellar perfomances.

Barbaro beat BGC by six lengths. Bernardini beat the improved BGC by seven and a half lenghts. They are probably actually pretty equal right now in terms of voting. Also, if I remembered the races that I had seen lately and had been biased in that respect, then why wasn't I high on BGC to win the Travers after his brillant Haskell performance like some were? Why did I stick with Bernardini?