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Evidently he is healthy but connections aiming for the Belmont June 11th.
 

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Was a lock for the in the money positons . (50-1 shots that improve dramatically )

Giacomo , mine that bird , come to mind . They usually have one more in them and then never again.
Bad move he had the conditioning under him . The theory of giving these horses time to recuperate is just NARRATIVE
that has become popular over the last 15 years . Its funny what people believe . Every horse is different , some benefit from time off , others can go every 4 days and continue repeating A type performances . CHARASMATIC comes to mind , 1 week after the lexington he won the derby !!! . The belmont won't suit him, and the conditioning will be gone. Might as well wait for the summer . But only one mans opininon.
Great race , been a long time since we have seen a scorcher like that .

And for all those thinking that the pace horses had excuses . Do not give it too much analysis. What this years crop did prove is there are no superstar 3yolds . EPICENTER AND ZANDON HAD ABLSOLUTLEY NO EXCUSES .
The real great racehorses can scorch those internal fractions and still come home with something in reserve , just go back and look at JUSTIFY'S pace #s for the derby . All the pundits speaking like CYBERNIFE AND ZOZOS AND MESSIER AND SMILE HAPPY ETC were comprimised by the pace . They were but not because of the pace , they just are not superstars to begin with . Food for thought going forward as all those triple crown horses will get alot of talk when we see them out in their next race .
MOE DONEGAL was getting a lot of attention?? so where was he with those splits , he realistcially had less than 5 percent chance to win as he was missing the number one (element) that hasn't won a derby in 120 years so how does he go off at 9-1 or so Goes to show you
where the narrative goes people go . Its too bad .

Anyway we march on forward
All opinons are my own of course
 
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Derby winner should be obligated to run for triple crown. I think it sucks for the sport. Still think something fishy with that horse.
 

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