atiggerx33 wrote:
What are people thinking of the Pulpit line? We now have California Chrome and his grand sire's son Mr. Speaker, who just won the Belmont Derby. I don't really get to follow a lot of the breeding in horse racing, but it seems like the line must have something there. Pulpit didn't ever get to race much, but showed some pretty good potential, given the fact that he went unraced at 2 years old leads me to believe he was a late bloomer and just wasn't ready, he was having a decent 3 yo campaign until his injury. If he was a late bloomer he may have done even better in his 4 year old campaign, this is a bit of speculation from someone who isn't an expert, and wouldn't dare call oneself even mediocre at predicting these kinds of things. I wouldn't mention Chrome or Speaker in the same breath as any of the "greats" but Chrome is an exceptional horse, nothing along the lines of history's finest, but the best US 3 yo this year, which is something. Speaker won a $1,250,000 race which proves he is no slouch, could be a fluke though. Curious on if anybody else thinks the line will produce anything else notable? Maybe California Chrome wasn't such a fluke after all, but the AP Indy is finally showing through?
I think Chrome's got some competition, Shared Belief won well yesterday and is more than good enough to give him a race. Then there's untapable who's very good. And if he gets past those 3yo's will he be good enough to give the Mighty Malice a race.