jimbo,

You are 100% correct about me.

I always look at the horse's figure "and" the trip he received to earn it as an expression of his performance.

I didn't make the Pacfic Classic a blazing pace (at least one pace figure maker did though), but I made it hot enough to impact the results. I also think that was far and away the highest quality field SF ever competed against. With all due respect to the new owners, SF is not a Grade 1 animal (at least not yet). IMO, when a lower quality animal is chasing a Grade 1 pace (and I certainly think Lava Man has been performing at that level) he's working damn hard "for him". He's working even harder if it's a fast Grade 1 pace. He's working even harder if he's 3 wide on the turns trying to keep up with the inside duelers. I can see the same speed figures everyone else can see, but IMO that was his lifetime top.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/23/2005 02:13PM by classhandicapper.