Palace Malice

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Originally Posted by Aly-Sheba

You are right, it was overstated. A great trainer would not have made that change going into the biggest race of they year.

Not to Defend Todd, but. . . The horse hadn't exactly been setting the world on fire prior to the Derby. . . he had a tendency to switch back to his wrong lead late and I'm sure it seemed like a logical fix. If he was coming off a big win and was going in as the favorite I guess I could understand calling it a blunder, but how was trying something new with a 23-1 shot who hadn't before proven he could be competitive a mistake?

He won an eyesore of a Belmont and now we want to act like he would have won the Triple Crown or something if only he hadn't been wearing blinkers in the Derby? I'll be very surprised if Palace Malice wins another race this year unless they put him on turf, which I doubt will be happening any time soon.