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Originally Posted by King Glorious
Ok, understood. I do think though that last year, he was running a lot better than he is this year. The only races that I thought he's run as well as he did last year have been his turf races. I don't think any of his dirt efforts have been as good as his Gold Cup and Pacific Classic last year, even though he lost the Pacific Classic.
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I agree with you that he was running faster last year, the level of competition out west was exposed by Brother Derek and Good Reward. Last year there was a really strong California contingent of older horses, this year it is dreadfully weak behind Lava Man.
I think you are overestimating the days missed due to the weather factor. I thought one of the biggest positives for polytrack was that horses never had to miss time due to weather since the track is just as good, or better, when it rains.