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View Poll Results: What option would you choose for Social Inclusion?
$1.5MM G1 Belmont Stakes (12f) 2 3.77%
$1.25MM G1 Metropolitan H. (10f) 11 20.75%
$500k G2 Woody Stephens (7f) 26 49.06%
Any choice viable 0 0%
Skip weekend 14 26.42%
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Old 06-02-2014, 03:51 PM
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Call me crazy but workouts with fractions of 33.2, 45.2, 58 and 109.4 rarely do much to settle a horse down especially 2 weeks after melting down in the post parade of a race. They have gate blankets that can be used to settle horses in the starting gate.

This is basic stuff...

What I would be trying to do with this horse is get a stakes win asap. For all the hype that surrounds him and the obvious talent he possesses, he has but a pair of stakes placings. The Woody Stevens could be a good stepping stone into the Haskell and make him a stakes winner which provides a nice fall back if he doesn't survive the season with all four legs intact. Especially if Monmouth continues to play like it has.

IMO the Belmont is a ridiculous spot for him as the only hope he'd have is to steal away on the front end under slow fractions which wont happen if he is rank nor is Espinoza going to let anyone get away with a 1/2 in 50 without pressure.
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