BEYER: Poly's Anti-Speed Bias

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Originally Posted by nebrady

Don't remember the exact words, but they weren't kind to the cat. He loses one race and people think hes done. They get mad because they lost money betting on him. When looking at him before the big race, you should have been a little wary of betting him he missed his prep. But just because he lost that race, shouldn't take away what he has done. Hopefully he will recover and come back the horse he was.

This gets to so much of what's wrong with racing these days in that these horses run so selectively that every race is put under the microscope. Of course most horses have bad days, and if you know anything obviously Discreet Cat's Dubai World Cup performance is a complete throwout, but with so much emphasis being put on one day, like the BC, each race becomes enhanced or exagerated.