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Old 05-06-2009, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
Would take an incredibly turfy horse for anyone to ever consider it. You'd be the heavy favorite to take down a $1 million race and then have the spotlight on you going for the first Triple Crown in over 30 years. To possibly give that up you'd have to feel like you were 1/5 to win the Epsom Derby and I can't see anyone ever liking their horse's chances that well overseas on the turf.
What about the reverse, a UK horse coming here for the Kentucky Derby before returning to Epsom?

Dr. Devious ran OK to finish 8th in the '92 Kentucky Derby (beating out fellow Euro Arazi coincidentally) before heading back to England to upset St. Jovite.
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