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Originally Posted by kgar311
And regardless who HR he raced against at Woodbine, it serves the connections right for going up there and trying to steal a couple of races all the while ducking BB. Now look instead of being defeated by BB he runs out of the money against nobody.
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Don't mean to be condescending, but this is an utterly indefensible comment...
The 'connections trying to steal a couple of races'..? What are you talking about? They were trying to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest stake in North America, Canadian Breeders' most important race, and one of the world's most prestigious events.
Stronach, who manages to offset his inept track operations by making few mistakes on the racing/breeding side, has a nice Ontario-bred and had every right to try and point for the QP. And given that the Plate was the goal, skipping a potential gutting in the Preakness to get a feel for the polytrack at Woodbine made some sense. (Though Pletcher wanted to run at Baltimore).
It didn't work out and they'll reboot his campaign on main tracks stateside, but to belittle Harlem Rocker and the connections for hoping to win a race like the Queen's Plate is just ridiculous.