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![]() Lot of anti Assmusen and Curlin capping. First two legs, the most common knock was lack of foundation and lightly raced. Now after two races its, hes stressed and cant hold up to the rigors of the TC . It sounds like a bunch are just saying find anything an use it against this horse. This colt is so good that he can regress and still win by open lengths
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![]() I think many people had it set in their minds that they wanted to take a negative position against Curlin after that supersonic fast debut win he had. If you look at the other 'raw' and unadjusted Beyer numbers run by horses on the same card that day......
Invasor (118) Curlin (112) Nobiz Like Showbiz (108) Scat Daddy (103) Cowtown Cat (96) You'll see how remarkable a debut performance it was. Only Discreet Cat had done anything comparable to that, in debut, in all my time following horse racing. Curlin was all over the racetrack that day--and really didn't seem to have everything figured out yet either. I think there's always an assumption that horses who win like that in their debut are injury prone horses, who don't have a strong constitution and who struggle to stand up to the rigors of racing. Horses like Discreet Cat and Ghostzapper being a couple of prime examples...though both were handled with EXTREME conservatisim. Each horse is their own entity though...and I agree with you...Curlin hasn't always got the kind of respect from the public...that a horse who is simply the most talented in his crop deserves to get. He's only about four months removed from that big debut win---and, if he stands up and runs his race yet again....he'll be a four-time Graded Stakes winner and a duel-classic winner. Very few horses in history have achieved so much so soon in their career....but, this horse has always shown MAJOR TALENT!...and has been lucky enough to have been born into a fairly low-rated crop of 3yo males. |
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it's a shame curlin is with him imo. had he been with a trainer who had never had a shadow of a doubt, then yeah, he'd be praised to the heavens.
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It's not like he's some chemically enhanced Steve Asmussen move-up. |
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see, this is a problem the thought that 'they all do it'. no, 'they' all don't!
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I doubted Rags before the Oaks........now I am a believer. |
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