The Gods have finally spoken...

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by CSC

I think the point he was making was Big Brown's 1/4 crack was not as bad as Touch Gold's and that his connections said it wasn't a problem especially after his good works after the patch. Therefore it cannot be used as an excuse.

Looking back on the situation and how I remember it, I think it's the other way around. I thought Touch Gold's wasn't that bad. If it had been, they had every reason to scratch. He wasn't in position to win the TC. Big Brown's situation was different. I don't think he's running today if a TC wasn't on the line but since it was and he was, I don't think they were totally forthcoming in how serious it was and I don't blame them if they weren't.

My thinking is that they thought Big Brown was some kind of superhorse and could overcome anything. I never thought that. I think he's a very good horse and had accomplished some very nice things but I think what he's done had more to do with what he was able to run against than it had to do with how great he is. Truly great horses can overcome major obstacles. Good ones need more to go their way. He didn't have everything go his way and things caught up with him.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Looking back on the situation and how I remember it, I think it's the other way around. I thought Touch Gold's wasn't that bad. If it had been, they had every reason to scratch. He wasn't in position to win the TC. Big Brown's situation was different. I don't think he's running today if a TC wasn't on the line but since it was and he was, I don't think they were totally forthcoming in how serious it was and I don't blame them if they weren't.

My thinking is that they thought Big Brown was some kind of superhorse and could overcome anything. I never thought that. I think he's a very good horse and had accomplished some very nice things but I think what he's done had more to do with what he was able to run against than it had to do with how great he is. Truly great horses can overcome major obstacles. Good ones need more to go their way. He didn't have everything go his way and things caught up with him.

bid couldn't overcome a pin and franklin...and big brown was no spectacular bid.

once again, a trainer underestimates his competition and a physical issue with his horse, and overestimates the ability of his horse to overcome several obstacles. i agree that had big brown not been going for the tc, he'd have been in his stall today, rather than on the track.