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Originally Posted by richard (Post 729561)

He was great in the Derby and then the mysteries of horses prevailed .

He was very good in the Preakness and OK in the Belmont as well.

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Originally Posted by letswastemoney (Post 729677)

I think people are underestimating just how bad D Wayne Lukas is.

Give him to Chip Wooley and I believe he would start hitting the board again in dirt races. But the owners are too blind to see the negative Lukas factor.

Wow.

Chip Wooley is a positive factor? He was an okay 2 year old on synth that got pretty good for about 5 weeks as a 3 year old. He was never going to get back to that form. His owners were a bit overzealous with his placings this year and were too stubborn to run him where he belongs.

Lukas is a shell of his former self, but give me a break with some of this.

I feel like MTB just decided he was done. "Silent Tom" Smith couldn't have snapped him out of it. It's a shame. He looked so much better, and you really rooted for the lil guy, but it wasn't to be.

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Originally Posted by cakes44 (Post 729624)

He had a better career than the last Derby winner.

good point.

he is an ambassador for the sport now.

may he live a long happy life.