Andy Beyer stirs the pot. . . .

[Dave in TJ Mex]

. . . trashing Wise Dan and his ownership while lobbying for Mucho Macho Man as HOY.

http://www.drf.com/news/andrew-beyer-mucho-macho-man-deserving-horse-year-title

[Senator L]

Andy always was and always will be a dirt guy. Wise Dan continues to be doubted

[peeptoad]

Andy always was and always will be a dirt guy. Wise Dan continues to be doubted

Most definitely, despite the fact that he dominated his division more thoroughly than any dirt horse did in theirs this year.

[Man o Taz]

If Mucho Macho Man's connections wanted an Eclipse award for HOTY he should have run in and won the Clark Handicap.

Heck, I do not even think he deserves the champion older horse award. That should go to Game On Dude.

The fact remains he raced sporadically this year. It was because of his health. And his connections deserve all the credit in the world for getting him right for the last two races of the season.

BUT - he was healthy after the BC Classic - and they opted to skip the Clark Handicap. How does Mr. Beyer account for this?

Wise Dan, on the other hand, may have started a bit late in April, but he ran in 5 G1 races and two G2 races and he was 7-6-1-0 which is pretty darn good.

Mucho Macho Man on the other hand still ran in 5 races, 3 G1s and two ungraded stakes. He won two stakes at the end of the year. HOTY?

No. Not in my book. I like the horse a lot. He was one of my Derby horses when he was three. And I love that he is still racing. But either you do something spectacular with your wins or you race when you can. And he did not do either in my book.

[Dave in TJ Mex]

If Mucho Macho Man's connections wanted an Eclipse award for HOTY he should have run in and won the Clark Handicap.

Heck, I do not even think he deserves the champion older horse award. That should go to Game On Dude.

The fact remains he raced sporadically this year. It was because of his health. And his connections deserve all the credit in the world for getting him right for the last two races of the season.

BUT - he was healthy after the BC Classic - and they opted to skip the Clark Handicap. How does Mr. Beyer account for this?

Wise Dan, on the other hand, may have started a bit late in April, but he ran in 5 G1 races and two G2 races and he was 7-6-1-0 which is pretty darn good.

Mucho Macho Man on the other hand still ran in 5 races, 3 G1s and two ungraded stakes. He won two stakes at the end of the year. HOTY?

No. Not in my book. I like the horse a lot. He was one of my Derby horses when he was three. And I love that he is still racing. But either you do something spectacular with your wins or you race when you can. And he did not do either in my book.

I agree.

If MMM is HOY, it simply means that whoever wins the BCC is automatically HOY. 

That's not how it should be.

[Raven]

I'm a BIG MMM fun and i think he is a top three older horse. That said,i can't see him as HOTY!

Who gets it?  I don't really care.