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Originally Posted by chromer
IF Bernardini beats older horses in the his next race and runs well enough in the Classic I don't think there will be anything close to a debate.
He will have done things that Barbaro never had the chance to do and will be a deserving winner.
You can't think that Fl Derby + Kentucky Derby > Preakness + Belmont + Jim Dandy + Travers + beating older horses.
Bernardini will be a more accomplished horse if he beats older. How do you not give the award to the more accomplished animal?
BTW: This debate probably resolves itself with time. This feels a little like deciding now what I'll wear to a New Years party. I think I can probably wait before I decide.
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Side with Coach here....the Travers was a match race against an over-matched Bluegrass Cat, small field, the Cat forced to alter his natural running style, and now news of his injury....the Travers and Jim Dandy were paid works for this horse! The crack about him beating Barbaro in the Preakness was classless and deserves no further response. Times? The Derby was faster than the Travers...much more demanding pace, 20 horses, talent level way way beyond any field this horse has faced! Bernardini may yet prove to be a great horse, he must do more than he has thus far to deserve being judged better than Barbaro!