04-08-2011, 09:02 AM
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Santa Anita
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: rancho por el mar
Posts: 3,164
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Originally Posted by OldDog
Reading here and elsewhere about Mike Repole has made me wonder . . . Let's say for a moment that Mo is the next great horse, that he wins the Derby, and the Preakness, and maybe even the Triple Crown. Given the lauding about Repole's enthusiasm and what I've interpreted as his desire to boost the sport, what does Uncle Mo do for the rest of 2011? Would he campaign him aggressively? In the alternative, if Mo wins "only" one or two of the TC races, and races well through the end of the year and finishes sound, what are the chances that Mo comes back to race as a 4YO?
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Answer to my question (why haven't I seen this before now):
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That's why he has already announced that if Uncle Mo stays healthy he will race next year as a 4-year-old. Repole, a very rich guy, gets it that the many millions that Uncle Mo could put in his pocket the minute he stops being a race horse and becomes a sire won't change his life one bit. He'd much rather enjoy watching the horse race and treating the racing fan to at least one more year of watching this potential superstar on the racetrack.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ill&id=6301023
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