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Old 04-09-2011, 08:33 PM
Merlinsky Merlinsky is offline
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Originally Posted by richard View Post
If he's healthy he goes. If not they've got Stay Thirsty. How many 2nd stringers ended up winning the derby? A few.
Sometimes second stringers even win the Triple Crown. I don't think they considered Sir Barton to be a bum, he just wasn't supposed to wire the Derby field. They entered him as a rabbit, but nobody bothered to tell the horse.
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