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Originally Posted by miraja2
I realize this is a different question than asking who should have won HOY but.... hypothetically, if a healthy and ready Smarty Jones had been entered in the '04 Woodward and BCC who do you really think would have won those races?
My guess is the same horse that won them in real life.
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I'd probably lean towards a split. The Woodward wasn't a really fast race. If I remember correctly, it was only given a 114 Beyer and that's a figure that the 3yo Smarty had already gone past. I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that Smarty could have improved as the year went on and his trainer had been able to train him the way he wanted to and picked out the races he wanted to instead of having to be forced into a schedule by the TC series. The weight break would have been nice too.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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