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Old 11-14-2009, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
Its not mentioned in the blurb what the long range goal is. If the horse is supposed to compete in Europe, post-Dubai, he's gonna get buried.

If he's just going for 1 or 2 starts and then heading back to the States, then he'll basically have a sparse, belated NA campaign.

Will he even be competitive in Dubai in a deep international race? Maybe, but he hasn't won at the Grade 1 level, and as nice as that 3rd in the Mile was ultimately he was no threat to the winner or the 20-1 runner-up for that matter.

In typical Godolphin fashion, they're throwing a monkey wrench in this horse's attempt to develop into a top horse (in NA). And from here it just looks like they want to pad their "Murderer's Row" (really worked well at the BC) for the Dubai Carnival.

This horse would have dead aim on races like the Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve, and Manhattan if he wintered here. Who knows, by summer he might have had the Arlington Million in his sights, too.

All good points. I was really excited about this horse until now.
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