>No way Mineshaft should be HOY if Perfect Drift wins the Classic. He beat him head to head, and would have a classic win to go with his other victories as well.<

That will be an interesting vote. He will have a win over Mineshaft, Conagree (twice) and MOD. But you just know that some people are going to argue that the win over Mineshaft was aided by a break in the weights and what some thought was a premature move by Mineshaft. Then he had another break in the weights against Congaree in the other victory.

My guess is that a lot of people are going to insist that Mineshaft was the better horse. It should be an interesting discussion.

Personally, I think Mineshaft might have been slightly the better horse, but if Perfect Drift wins the Classic over MOD and Congaree etc... at level weights I don't see how he can be denied given that the rest of his dirt record is so good (now matter what the weights).