3-year-olds with a look in The Met Mile

[philcski]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I like to see horses develop not pushed to the max or beyond their max asap . Just my opinion . Maybe these 3 year olds can win the Met . That sweeping one turn mile at Belmont is conducive to their more fragile physiology at 3 I'll grant you that .

It's kind of odd to me that horse racing seems to start at the top and then the horses are dropped if they falter . Kind of a reverse development if you look at the way any other athletes are developed .

How about the fact that all of the horses mentioned HAVE been competing at the highest levels, and the Met Mile would actually be LESS DEMANDING than the alternative?

I'm all for the safety of the horses, but do you ever think before you write?