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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Like I said, I would waste a vote on Uncle Mo as a protest vote.
I certainly believe he's a better 2-year-old than Favorite Trick in 1997 - and I believe Blame would have got absolutely murdered by the older horses in 1997 (Skip Away, Formal Gold, Gentlemen, Will's Way) ... and yet in '97 the older males beat each other often enough to split HOY votes among them while Favorite Trick dominated the tard vote and took HOY.
So, there is enough precedence with that angle. If Uncle Mo didn't run so sensationally - Goldikova.
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And you think giving Uncle Mo HOY is going to deter campaigns like we have seen this year? I don't.
Pletcher already said he only wants to give Uncle Mo two preps next year before the Derby. This is the game now, for better or worse. I don't know how to change it, but not giving the most deserving horse an award he deserves isn't the way.