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Originally Posted by King Glorious
With Curlin and Hard Spun, we were made to believe that our best 3yo's could indeed still stand the rigors of the TC. Well, back to normal we are. I believe that Big Brown is done racing and will join the list of:
Barbaro, Afleet Alex, Smarty Jones, Point Given, Empire Maker, Charismatic, Giacomo, Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Thunder Gulch....I'm sure I'm missing some others.
I'm wondering when will racing fans start getting tired of our top 3yo's not making it to the end of their 3yo seasons? I know a few of them came back as 4yo's but that's after they couldn't even run anymore as 3yo's. And sure, situations like EM and Point Given are questionable as to whether they were injured or not but the point is, they didn't. Whether it's for economic reasons or injuries or whatever, when is everyone going to be fed up. Last year was an exception. This year, it's back to normal.
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You and I have had this debate multiple times, and as usual, I totally disagree with your premise that the horses simply can't "stand the rigors of the TC." Just out of curiosity, why exactly is Empire Maker on your dubious list? He didn't even run in the Preakness. Are you NOW suggesting that running in just two of the races - five weeks apart - is too taxing for these horses? If you are going to count horses that only ran in two, why did you leave out Birdstone and Street Sense and countless others? Could it be because they did finish their years? As for the rest of your list, does it really make sense to dismiss the big races that Point Given won AFTER the TC, or the fact that Real Quiet, Silver Charm, and Giacomo all came back for winning 4yo campaigns as unimportant? I think not.
As for Big Brown, my guess would be he probably wil not run again, but that isn't because the TC ruined him....and you know it.