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Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell
Heard Pletcher during the interview mention that had he known the track was going to be so souped up he would have scratched and waited for the Wood Memorial. First off doesn't Gulfstream have the tendency to do this for big races anyway. Secondly wasn't he watching the races as they were happening. Obviously he was concerned as it was with QUALITY ROAD'S speed so with the current track condition, why didn't he scratch?
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Pletcher is full of it here. Aqueduct does the same thing on big days. Todd needs to look no further than 2004 when they ran the Carter in 1:20.22 and the Bay Shore in 1:20.67 or 2005 when they ran the Wood in 1:47.16 (new stakes record, the Carter in 1:20.46, and the Bay Shore in 1:21.33.
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