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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
I look at it the other way. If he had an ideal setup in the Woodward and only won by a smidge, I'd be more inclined to throw it out, thinking perhaps something was wrong with him or he simply didn't "fire".
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No "it was only a prep" and "he wasn't fully cranked" like with Blame and Fly Down when both were soundly defeated by Haynesfield without an ideal setup for them and a VERY ideal one for Haynesfield?
You know I'm messing with you - but I agree with you that Ghostzapper's performance in a narrow Woodward win was no worse or better a performance than his ruthlessly fast BC Classic win when he got a base on balls up front - JRV wisely pitched around him on Roses In May instead of dueling with a horse who would have run him into the ground.
To me - if Frankel did some pre-race manuvering to avoid a pace battle - who cares? He was a victim in the prior years Classic when P. Val drew outside of Medaglia D' Oro with Congaree - and basically made life a living hell for him in that race. I think Frankel knew MDO was a ton better than the winner and 3rd place horse in the '03 Classic ... and why let history possibly repeat itself with Ghostzapper when you can use reason to ensure that others see the light to both parties benefit?