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Old 08-21-2012, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord View Post
The consistent lack of racing by good race horses is obviously the main problem they have in terms of promoting the sport in the way they want to promote it.

It's hard to imagine another horse ever coming along even like Skip Away in terms of combining elite quality performances, consistency, durability, travel, and constant campaign from the latter part of a 2yo season all the way to the end of a 5-year-old season.

I don't see how another Skip Away is even possible in this climate.
It'll never happen again, you'd need a perfect storm in horse, owner and trainer and their ability to fend off the breeding offers.. Horses like Skip Away are gone for good and won't be coming back.
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