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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
In some cases, a lot. Unrequited, for example, was a well-meant horse (he was owned by the nationally prominent Jay Em Ess Stable) from the outset, making his debut in 2005 in a maiden special at Del Mar for Ron Ellis. After that race, he was gone for over 6 months before resurfacing at Hollywood and winning a maiden special weight at Hollywood. Despite lining up against future stakes horses such as Sailor's Sunset, he ultimately began dipping into mid-level claiming ranks with some success in 2007 in CA before disappearing again, this time for over a year. He finally resurfaced with the stable's East Coast trainer, Dutrow, who ran him a few times before his fatal injury.
When you consider the fact that this horse had two long layoffs during his career and was steadily dropping in value (where once he butted heads with stakes-calibur horses), certainly, even on paper alone, his soundness (in general--not necessarily at Monmouth on raceday) had to be questioned.
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I hear what you are saying. And again, my point was never to defend Dutrow with this particular horse. I dont know enough about the situation to speak to it one way or another.
My point was more in that there are horses that can run back really fast and some of them are stake horses and some of them are cheap. Its the trainer's job to know which ones can and cant.
Obviously, in this situation, Dutrow was wrong in thinking the horse could do it.