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Originally Posted by smartyalex
www.drf.com/news/article/82793.html
Does anyone else find this ridiculous? * If the track isn't safe, then no horse should be working on it.* To not know if it's safe for your new star 3 year old, and to find out by pulling your (granted not as good as he used to be, but still a Derby winner) Derby and Preakness winner, oh yeah, and *the horse who put you on the map* out to work, is despicable.* The article says Robin Smullen pronounced the track safe but harder than she'd like, so what happens if Funny Cide ends up with soreness because of this?* Who cares, but if NoBiz Like Shobiz does, look out! The owners of Funny Cide need to retire him, or at the least, give him to someone who will take proper care of him and spot him well, or, at the very least, not risk his health and safety.
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There were a bunch of horses running drills, it's not like Tagg braved the track condition and did something nobody else would consider.
I think it's absoutely a non-issue. If NoBiz doesn't get the work in, all of a sudden he is forced to take a different path to the Derby. Can't say I blame a trainer for sticking to plan 'A'.
...and Barclay Tagg was on the map long before Funny Cide. Are you saying that a trainer is only 'on the map' if he wins a Derby? Now THAT is ridiculous.