Andy Beyer, Dutrow, DRF

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Kasept

But no regret that Cigar's first trainer (Alex Hassinger) couldn't get Cigar to do more than hit the board in a Gr. III at Bay Meadows? What's that? Forgot that Mott authored the greatest move up ever of Cigar off Hassinger? And no regret about Cigar ending up sterile though? A healthy, strapping horse like Cigar ends up sterile? Imagine that... Strange reaction to 'hay, oats and water'.

Actually Mott did not move the horse up off of Hassinger originally as his first 4 races for Mott were actually far worse than his previous form had been for Hassinger. It wasn't until he ran the horse on dirt that he became Cigar. The sterility issue is very hard to blame specifically on Mott just as Lure or Saarlands issues are hard to place on Shug. I dont have skills like Drugs to post the pp's but he is probably not a classic example.