"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[Five Star Derek]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Uh didn't Afleet Alex break down during his three year old season? Maybe the training contributed to the injury as opposed to the oppisite view. I mean if his bone density was so strong , why did he break down in the first place? Please dont give me the Preakness arguement because he looked pretty good in the Belmont 3 weeks later.

Afleet Alex injured himself during that near fall with Scrappy T in the Preakness. JJ Graci was the spokesman for team AA during his triple crown run. He'll tell you the same thing and he was as close to the connections as anybody. Sure they kept him together enough for the Belmont but the damage had already been done.