Curlin's North American wins.... and how his winning Beyer compares with other editions of the race this decade...
7f 3yo MSW at GP 102 Beyer (outright fastest 3yo MSW at GP going 7fs this decade)
Rebal Stakes at OP 99 Beyer (tied for 5th fastest of 10 highest Beyers this decade)
Arkansas Derby at OP 105 Beyer (5th fastest of 10 this decade)
Preakness Stakes - 111 Beyer (tied for 5th fastest of 10 this decade)
Jockey Club Gold - 114 Beyer (3 way tie for 4th fastest of 10 this decade)
Breeders Cup Classic - 119 Beyer (tied for 2nd fastest of 9 this decade)
Stephen Foster - 110 Beyer (tied for 6th fastest of 10 this decade)
Woodward - 112 Beyer (5th fastest of 10 this decade)
Jockey Club Gold Cup - 111 Beyer (tied for 8th fastest of 10 this decade)
The only two winning figures he's earned that aren't your middle of the road par type numbers for the class ... are his debut win and his blowout BC Classic win.
Not to take anything away from his dynamite race in the Classic .. but it did come over a very wet Monmouth race track that tends to produce exaggerated large margins of victory.
Ghostzapper ran a very conservative 128 Beyer on a wet Monmouth track - Rachel Alexandra's 116 over a wet Monmouth track is the fastest Haskell ever .. even including Holy Bull's and Skip Away's... and Phil seems to think her number could have been a lot faster. Curlin's 119 wasn't a conservative number imo.. but probably wasn't too high either.
Curlin was basically an excellent 3yo and a pretty good older horse who didn't develop and improve a whole lot from 3 to 4. He benifited from being the best 3yo of a solid enough but very overrated 3yo crop.
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