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					Originally Posted by RolloTomasi  They had two shots at Grade 1s after his Derby effort.  He was already Grade 1 as far as 3yos go this year.
 Perhaps that's part of the reason why you don't see those type connections at the Grade 1 level.  They get a diamond in the rough & they try to show up the heavy hitters but only ended up shooting themselves in the foot.
 
 Madaket bought into him so they already reaped some benefits I suppose but what value do you put on saying the horse was a Preakness winner instead of an Ohio Derby winner on the stud advert?
 
 Meanwhile, the post-injury comments from one of the owners were quite unflattering & if taken out of context, could more fuel for anti-racing people.  "Devastated" not out of concern for the horse but rather because they were booking plane tickets for a big party at the Haskell.  Also, felt it a "blessing" that the dam suffered a similar injury because if she hadn't been injured she wouldn't have produced Two Phil's.
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