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Old 05-20-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
I would say it was pretty stupid to run George Washington over a surface he had already shown he didn't care for. Running him in that slopfest probably didn't do him any favors either.
Steve Asmussen feels that Curlin runs better the second time he's had a chance to try a surface. Is it crazy that maybe GW could have done the same? The field for the Classic, outside of Curlin, IMO, wasn't too tough on paper. Perfect time to take a shot. The main point wasn't that he had a better shot to win the Classic than the Mile. I don't believe that to be true. But he had nothing to prove or gain by winning the Mile.

There also were quite a few horses, the vast majority I believe, that ran over that same slop and didn't die.
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