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Old 01-30-2009, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Actually Mott did not move the horse up off of Hassinger originally as his first 4 races for Mott were actually far worse than his previous form had been for Hassinger. It wasn't until he ran the horse on dirt that he became Cigar. The sterility issue is very hard to blame specifically on Mott just as Lure or Saarlands issues are hard to place on Shug. I dont have skills like Drugs to post the pp's but he is probably not a classic example.
chuck wasn't cigar bred for the grass and that was why they kept putting him on the 'sod

who decide to try him on the dirt , did paulson ask mott to maybe try the dirt?
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