You're comparing a three year old in May to older, champion runners? By your standard Mendelssohn is the best 3 year old! What I meant specifically is an unraced two year old, undefeated, and winning the triple crown. That's what you're not likely to see again. To run so many races so close together with no foundation is incredible and almost impossible given the fragile nature of the modern racehorse. He's a freak in the sense of his physical makeup and the way he moves, which minimizes the damage since he's so efficient and athletic. Look at how many fast horses were destroyed by that rock hard surface on Derby day. He's one of the most efficient moving horses ever. At this point there's no serious competition from the other 3 year olds--we all thought how deep this division was and it turned out to be thin in the end. Look what Good Magic tried to do him in the Preakness--take him out of his game and he's still eased up winning at the wire. Smith is so smart, he's aware he's won the Preakness and doesn't use one more ounce of energy than he needs. Lukas' horse is coming like a freight train and Smith wasn't moving. Only he can beat himself at this point, but he'll be, what, 1-5 in the Belmont? Can't blame anyone for trying to beat him for the sake of the gambling aspect. I'll be very happy for Smith though if he pulls it off. I remember when he was practically thrown out of NY. To say he resurrected his career is an understatement. He's ridden many of the greatest racehorses of all time, and if you thrown in a triple crown, he goes down in history as one of the all time greatest jockeys in the sport's history, maybe the greatest in terms of the horses he's ridden. The whole story is just mind boggling. But hey in this sport talk is cheap, so he still has to show up, right? Gunnevera, that's funny by the way. That's a good one. I like that.