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					Originally Posted by CrossfireHurricane
					
				 
				So a horse that can win the Man O War on the turf at Belmont, the Wood at Aqueduct, and the Whitney at Saratoga isn't worthy of praise because he ran poorly in the Clark and Donn? 
 
Of course not. Lava Man was very versatile and perhaps he just did not like getting on planes. 
			
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 Yes, it was that fear of flying that made him run 11th in the Japan Cup Dirt and 16th in the Dubai Duty Free.  At least he was consistently bad when he tried to leave California.