Prado

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Originally Posted by jinjin

Wasn't the answer or reply I was expecting but I appreciate your candor. Just asked for some opinions about the mounts he gave up or kept, not open up a forum to malign Prado.

To answer your question, jockeys often do this early in the year if it's a mount in a big race (i.e. Sunshine Millions or Big 'Cap). I think owners and trainers tend to give top jocks leeway when it comes to one race, although that's not always the case (see Bernardini, Rags to Riches). I have no idea why he gave up Dunkirk though, I'm assuming he just figured Alma d'Oro was better, though if that's the case, I'm not sure why he felt the need to push Dunkirk 12-wide on the first turn.