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Originally Posted by Dunbar
I hope he loses, just as I'd hope any 3-yr-old who is scheduled to be retired loses. I don't share blacktw's reaction though. If they ran Bernardini at 4, it would be the exception in this day and age. The sheik's don't have a monopoly on rushing the stars to the breeding shed.
--Dunbar
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IMO there is a big difference between the Sheik and most owners. There is absolutely no financial factor in his decisions. If there was he wouldn't have spent $56 Million in a few days last month. I can understand why most people economically take the money and run, so to speak, but for the Sheik the dollars are absolutely meaningless. He is perhaps the only person in the game who can unquestionably afford to be sporting and he is absolutely not.
The real question is where he derives pleasure in this game if as soon as he gets a good horse he rushes it the the breeding shed. If you ask me he is the ultimate coward. If he really believed Bernardini could handle all comers he would be eager to race him next year.