Class Handicapper,

Thanks for your answer. It helps and makes sense.

It is too bad LH is going to be retired. For one, I would have loved to see him in the Cigar Mile and next year in the Met Mile.

And I would have loved to bet against him if he actually came back and ran in the Classic.

I agree with you 100% on LH. I understand that the Travers didn't prove that LH didn't want the 1 1/4 (especially with him being hurt). I, like you, had ALREADY ASCERTAINED that before the Travers, based on all of his 3 year old races. The only race he showed any semblance of being a distance horse was the Derby. He got caught in both preps, ran awful in the Preakness and even in victory in the HAskell, didn't win like I thought he would and should (with RHT not firing)

But as with most horse racing debate, it will be "un-answered" for many. Cozzene and others (JB I guess too) will believe LH could have gotten the distance. Just like many Smarty fans really believe he was a GREAT horse and not just really good. I don't think he ran enough to be "great" but others will disagree.