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Old 10-15-2008, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Actually, good horses do improve off good races....especially lightly raced ones. Why would it be surprising when a 3YO ran better in his fourth career start than he did in his third career start?

Saying he ran a faster speed figure than Monarchos hardly places him in rarified air. And, furthermore, finding a speed figure that backs up your assertions, while rejecting another, especially if you have EVER used that other speed figure to defend a horse, is a slippery slope.
Do you think the writer has his own agenda when he wrote the article? What is in it for him to be so flattering of Big Brown?
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