Every year late spring there always seems to be the same old beat.

"This bunch of three year olds is pretty weak."

And then they ran the rest of the races the rest of the year. How quickly things can change.

Bernardini is proving to be the Best Horse around, three years old or not. Unless you start talking about Sprinters then maybe Henny Hughes gives you cause for pause. Considering Showing Up had a bad day when he was beaten by Cacique you could argue if he goes in the BC with better spacing, you better not throw him out.

Henny Hughes probably deserves high marks because he did campaign as a two year old. And yet the other two have come a long ways real fast. There really is no substitute for experience. If you don't believe me remember the first time you slept with a female. Same thing happpens to young horses just trying to get from the barn, to the paddock, then the starting gate.

There almost seems to be three phases of race horses career's now. Those that race at two and disappear because of injury or unfulfilled promise. Those that start late and do well at three and move on to early syndication. Those that didn't do much in either instance but hung around long enough to get good and be professional and give us someone to bet on.

I'm betting that six months from now everyone will be saying how bad the three year old bunch is.

Its a Lock