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Originally Posted by Kasept
No... it's not actually. Wolfson uses that example, as he did when responsing to Beyer on ATR, in awe and appreciation of Mr. Jerkens whom he holds in the highest regard. His point is that years ago when a horse shocked a race or raised their performance level to new plateaus, there wasn't the disdain and suspicion we have now.
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However the race in question isnt nearly like what has gone on now. Onion was a pretty good horse (set a track record for 6 1/2 furlongs 11 days before when horses used to race alot) who got an uncontested lead and held off Secretariat in the stretch. The story was that Secretariat was not right and was vulnerable not that Onion had freaked out. HAJ told me he wasnt even going to run in the Whitney until he saw Secretariat work poorly that week. (Poorly for him was 1/2 in 48 and change) Big difference.