Crist: The BC deserves NOT to have RA

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by Danzig

you gotta be kidding. she's raced in marquee events-challenge her but not too much? what is she supposed to do, run in the dandy saturday and the haskell sunday? she's exhibited the consistency that no other horse this year has shown, against the top colts. yes, a few were sidelined-but she's beated every horse they faced pretty easily. hell, her average margin of victory this year is over 9 lengths. i don't think the travers will develop as being the toughest race-summer bird may not go, and a few others including munnings are dropping back in distance.

No, my point is that as between the Preakness and the Belmont, the Preakness was the more opportune race in which to challenge the boys - and they opted for the Preakness (and having made that decision, I think they did the right thing by the filly in skipping the Belmont). Fast-forward to the summer, as between the Haskell and the Travers, the Haskell presented the more opportune race for her (on a speed-favoring oval at 9F against a stretch-out sprinter and a horse that had not competed since the Belmont and who was clearly prepping for the Travers).