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Originally Posted by Danzig
i sounded cautionary notes a few times-but they largely went ignored. people thought he was talented enough to overcome everything in his path-obviously not the case at all. there were more questions then most wanted to ask. pletcher sounded hesitant, but i'd imagine it wasn't his idea to run the horse. they'd have been better served waiting a week and running in the woodward. but i don't know that even a week would have been enough.
the issue here is more of people lacking respect for the belmont winner. summer bird has shown steady progression since breaking his maiden-just five months ago. the fact he lost to rachel is no black spot on his resume.
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Zig,
Im sure I remember you saying that as did others. My point is, I think its pretty lame for Tector to come back on this thread bashing the connections AFTER QR loses the race after not saying anything about it before the race. If someone saw that QR looked bad in the paddock or warming up and were criticizing Evans/Pletcher for not scratching, thats different.