hehehe...
can I assume I'm superman?
if so, thank you --- we'll see how super I am after the contest.
although, I don't think heat vision will help me in here, and I never read about him having any super handicapping ability.

do you refer to some dumbass crist diary?
if so, about the only comment I have is that crist is a moron, and I'd bet horses w/the same name as my cat before I looked for his advice.
I read his first couple derby diaries, and they were less than worthless.
I'm sure reading this one would just piss me off, so I'll pass ---- feel free to post excerpts if you actually manage to find a point in that dumpster and want further comment.

as for breeding and the belmont distance, I think I pretty much went over that ground already.
in the past, I've been about as big a fan of breeding as it gets, but it just doesn't hold up, and sheets do.
WE ran his TOP at 10f --- am I supposed to make a case that he's not suited to the belmont distance, while others are?
go through the derby field --- who is 'qualified' to get the derby distance, and who isn't?
if breeding is so relevant, please address the example of Came Home that I cited earlier --- he was consensus pick to NOT get the distance.

like I said before, this whole 'back breaking marathon' thing is a bogeyman propagated by a bunch of dudes who haven't got a clue what they're talking about, and who mix a little too much superstition w/much too little fact.

sure, if there was some contender who looked to have sprinty breeding, I'd knock him for it --- but that's not the case here.

hey, if p.drift wins, I'm sure everyone will jump up and down about his breeding, but if that were so relevant, why didn't he win the derby?
the fact is, he's had plenty of time off his top in the spiral, and if he runs back to that # a win wouldn't surprise me -- he's fast.