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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing
A broken heart probably led to the pastern injury....let's face it...Bluegarss Cat was a game horse thought fought to the wire like all of the good Storm Cats do and he was probably over-extending himself when Bernardini broke his heart at the top of the stretch when he tried him with everything he had twice and couldn't get Bernardini to break a sweat...BGC was all racehorse and you gotta love his competitiveness....thats what makes the good Storm Cats so damn good...they are all fighters
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Jerry Bailey basically said the same thing on ESPN - poor BC had his heart broken by Bernardini. Yes, I can definitely see how the injury might have occurred there. This is why people love horses - they try so darn hard for you. Such noble creatures.............This race was a good test for Bernardini because a really fine colt tested him.
I had thought after the race that Todd might point the Cat for the Super Derby, so as to give his colt a chance to recover from chasing Bernardini. His quotes seemed to indicate that he thought the loss was due mainly to the extra week of rest that Bernardini had on him........although I think at heart he knew Bernardini would have to be subpar in order to lose. I'm sorry the decision was taken out of his hands...........