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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
There are two horses that are better than the horse coming off the layoff? What are you smoking? You could buy either one of those horses for $100,000. You couldn't buy DM for $1 million. DM is a Breeeder's Cup caliber horse. Ron says he is the best horse he has ever trained by far. Ron has trained a ton of Grade I horses and Ron is not one to talk up his horses.
Doug O'Neil trains the two horses that you think are better than DM. I can guarantee you that even Doug would tell you that neither of his two horses are in the league of DM. I can practically guarantee you that Doug would have never entered either of his horses in this race if he knew that DM was running. I'm sure he'd scratch them if he could but it's not easy to get a horse scratched in a 5 horse field. You actually need your vet to lie and say that there is something wrong with the horse. Don't get me wrong, guys do it but it's somewhat of a hassle. There is no way that he will be able to get both horses scratched.
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It's no surprise that O'Neil scratched Areyoutalkintome. I'm sure he would scratch the other horse too if he could. That was why Ron kept it a secret that DM was running. He knew the race would never go if the other trainers knew he was running.