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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
We already discussed this.
WE are all fully entitled to disagree with their ideas, race selections etc.... But they wanted to win HOTY and thought the best way to do it was to win the Classic. So they structured her campaign in the way they thought maximized her chances of delivering the best race she was capable of at age 6 on BC day.
Now that they've lost, we are all free to second guess their decisions and suggest what might have worked better. But I understand their thinking even if I don't agree on all the details.
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The point is they were afraid of racing against Rail Trip in the Hollywood Gold Cup. We can each interpret in in our own ways or speculate the reasons why. But it doesn't change the main point, which is that they did not want to run against him specifically in that race.