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Originally Posted by ScottJ
One of the saddest performances of the day was seeing Mohaymen eased after 7f in the Alydar. Just hasn't been the same horse as a four year old. Hope that the stable can get him sorted out, but he always has been a win-it all or miss-it horse.
Worthwhile noting that it was a nice job of horsemanship by Junior Alvarado with about 3/16ths remaining. After one or two right handed sticks in the stretch, he eased up and just jogged the horse home.
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We'll see what they do, but there was uniform agreement around the track that it's over for Mohaymen. He was probably never as good as it first appeared, but his career is still one of the odder implosions of a prominent young horse in recent memory.
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08-07-2017, 06:17 AM
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