Pricci: Curlin is forgotten player in Classic cast

He arrived on the scene already a star, if the whispers emanating from Florida were true. But it certainly appeared people were jumping the gun. What’s the rush to canonization?

The chestnut colt took to the track at Gulfstream Park in February in a typically loaded special-weight maiden sprint for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs, and the workout whisperers were betting him down to 5- 2.

Didn’t these people know there were two horses with excellent form in the field, one with experience at the distance, and that his inside draw didn’t figure to help him?