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Originally Posted by Smooth Operator
3. HS threw some nice performances at various distances and held up well all season long ... likely without the help of anabolic steroids.
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trust that hard spun recieved some steroids.
steroids aren't even considered cheating to most of these trainers. Most of the big money operations give regular steroids after races and some after works as well.
It is true that some trainers give steroids more often, but it
seems to hurt longevity of the horse. I would guess that most of the more frequent doses are with fillies and claimers.
Hard Spun was a great animal. He got some bad rides in some of his biggest races (preakness, belmont, breeders cup).
Pino and Gomez had one of the triple crown colts with the most stamina at a classic distance looking like a miler to many observers.
He was never developed as a turf division older horse. If you think about the way Sunriver was used, you could have thrown Dominguez on Hard Spun's back in 2008 and you might have been headed for the BC Turf as the favorite.
However, Larry Jones did his job and HS got his stud deal. It's hard to really complain when they accomplished their business objective. They danced a lot of dances, it was a respectable 3yo season.