i don't think it was sdj's suggestion that got him grief so much as it came from sdj.
as for his remark that the horse should have scratched, i believe it was a general consensus that had it been any race other than the belmont, and the tc on the line, the horse would have been scratched.
and in hindsight, he would have been better off, and the connections as well, had he scratched. much better for all of them if everyone was allowed to speculate 'what if' rather than know.
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