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Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch
That's exactly what I said at the beginning in saying Afleet Alex ran his worst race in the Rebel and now Old Fashioned has run his worst to date. Afleet Alex certainly beat better fields at 2, but Old Fashioned was never challenged and ran comparable figures. To say he's "distance challenged" at this point is pure speculation. He clearly hasn't been pushed at all with one work in a month, and ran second by 8 on class alone after chasing a fast pace.
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i'll say it, i think hes distance challenged, judging from the style of the last two races. he runs rank and wants to be on the lead. afleet alex could relax and punch when the rider was ready. if anyone remembers his hopeful win, it was amazing. so was the preakness. this horse is in the "b" league compared to afleet alex, who probably deserved the triple crown if it were not for bad racing luck. and by the way people are defending him, he'll be over bet next out. bluntly, from what i've seen OF could not carry AA's jock strap.