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Originally Posted by King Glorious
Horses are athletes and when you don't let them run often, you aren't doing them any favors. I don't care how many works and breezes and gallops you put in. Nothing compares to race conditions. Then what's worse is they space their races 6-8 weeks apart from the start and then expect that they can make it through the TC series. How can you handle coming back in two weeks when you've never conditioned for it? These guys focus so much on the Derby that it seems they forget about what happens if they win it.
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Granted that few continue on very well after that two week turnaround but most of the horses that run well in the Derby do turn around and run great races again in the Preakness.