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Originally Posted by Benny
I always thought that Baffert undertrained PG for the derby sso he'd be fresherr for the other 2 legs, just athought as i saw him romp in the Belmont that year.I'dd like to ask him that.
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I've asked him on radio. Baffert said he didn't want to make excuses at the time, but Point Given was nursing a hoof and couldn't be leaned on pre-Derby... similar to how he came into Haskell very short, but won anyway. Frankel had the same kind of issue to deal with Empire Maker pre-Derby.
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