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Originally Posted by Gander
I didnt bash Flower Alley on Saturday. Obviously he was short, Pletcher said he wasnt 100%. But also something must have went wrong there too, as he had a nice trip but when asked for run he had nothing. Kind of a similar race to Artie in a lot of respects. So yes, I remembered and wasnt one of the guys on here who rushed to bash this horse.
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The more hours that go by without a press quote from Todd( you know damn well that at least 100 guys had to be askiing him for quotes for publications) about Flower Alley's race, the more nervous I am becoming that we have seen the last of him. Even not 100% hes NEVER gonna run like that with no excuse. He was perfectly placed right off of moderate fractions and just never ran an inch. Johnny knew he was empty on the turn and was beating him like drum. This is a tremendously game animal. Eeven when he was being rushed into the Tri Crown fray his ARk Derby always stuck out in my mind as an example of his gameness. You would have bet 10 grand at the 1/8th pole that day that after Alex had motored by him that he was gonna get swallowed up by Andromeda's hero for the place but when Andromeda came to him, even though he was exhausted, he dug in very gamely to hold the place and you could see him fighting hard. No way was he just "short" on saturday. Something had to have been up and the lack of talk from his camp tells me something went wrong.