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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Well let me inject a bit of logic here, try to follow. First off Half Ours is a completely different situation. He was a proven stakes winner before he went to the shelf. So that arguement is useless. I'm going to assume that when bought The Green Monkey for whatever they paid, they were hoping for some stakes wins early so they could stand him for a high amount and try and recoup some of that outrageous fee they paid. I'm guessing that no starts and a handful of works by mid March of his 3 year old year are not what they were thinking when bought. And for an operation that recently retired a freshly turned 3 year old potential star for no other reason that they needed to substitute him because George Washington is shooting blanks. It seems to me that unless Pletcher is 100% positive this horse is ready to run a big race, he'll never see the starting gate. And I'll admit I was wrong if he ever becomes a stakes winner. I have before as I am a man of my word. And you?
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I don't think they are too concerned with recouping their "outrageous fee they paid." In fact, I wouldn't put that in the top 50 things they are concerned with.