Well there is the "Sun King" angle.
Sun King won that 6f Sprint Stakes race at Keeneland back in the spring. I'm pretty sure that was his first cut-back in distance and he won. You know the fractions will be suicidal in the Sprint, so DC could sit off of it and hope to come with a run late.
Even if Godolphin's idea is to save him for next year- I'm so afraid he's gonna pull a Ghostzapper and be retired after a race. If you got him in good form now, you gotta keep moving up. There is this angle too:
What if he loses whatever BC race he's entered in? So what? Just give him a layoff until '07 and start it up again. Give him a couple of easy spring preps, and get him prepped for the biggies next summer.
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