12/26 (SA): Malibu, La Brea (G1's), Mathis Mile, San Antonio (G2's)

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Originally Posted by Secretriat34

Is Collected another Arrogate..win 4 with blood clean enough to race, then when its gone..no more horse

seems to be a pattern with Baffert..no ?

and why is that...what has he been doing to get the ponies who haven'[t raced lately to all of a sudden race lights out...and then 4 races later..become an also ran ? hmmm ? what could it be ...???

I think Collected might be over the top for this season.......it happens,horses wear down.
He looked like a tired horse yesterday.......nothing more.
Some R&R at a farm might do him some good,give a horse a vacation away from the track and they usually return in solid order.
Sidebar: Mike Smith took a lot of heat for the ride Tuesday,it wasn't his fault.
Smith was anything but high and tight with the reins.......Collected just wasn't cooperating.
I give Mr. Smith a lot of credit for falling on the sword and taking the heat for that ride......there isn't a jockey out there that was going to get Collected to fire yesterday.