>He gasped in the Hollywood Gold Cup and went out a LOSER.
He gasped in the Swaps and got run down by Prized.>

These races occurred after he had his knee scoped. He didn't seem to be the same horse after.

>He coasted on a greased lightning Hallandale>

You make it sound as though he went wire to wire on a speed favoring track. He sat about 5 lengths off, took the lead turning for home, and held off EG. EG had a very slight hesitation at the break. What problems did he have that day with his trip?? It didn't cost him the win.

Whats your fascination with the 12f distance?? Why do you feel that this is the true distance for races?? Because EG was bred for it??

I don't feel you can compare their figs and declare one better than the other. I always thought that true competition meant deciding the winner on the field of play. We've all seen supposedly superior athletes/teams, equine or human, who figured to win a competition but somehow come up short. Happens all the time. If SS beat him in the Derby and EG won the rest you may have a point. But EG won only ONCE and that was at his home track over a biased track. You don't seem to want to mention that, just the supposedly biased GP track. If JB is reading this thread he's probably screamimg enough by now so I'll stop. You probably still have your 3 loser tickets on EG too.