Discreet Cat's BC Plans Announced

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I hope you didn't just compare the Commonwealth BC to the BC Sprint.

And Discreet Cat is too fast to close. He'll be up there running a :21 quarter with all of them if they're insane enough to put him in the Sprint.

This is a completely different situation than Ghostzapper's. Ghostzapper had already won the Classic, and had already won HOY. There was no reason to bring him back. They brought him back to try to showcase his talent, then realized it wasn't worth the risk once he hurt himself.

Discreet Cat hasn't done anything yet. He won the UAE Derby and The Jerome. That's it. There's absolutely no incentive to run him once next year and retire him.

It's not about losing the BC race. It's about possibly losing the horse.

You're worried about not seeing him next year. I'd say there's a much bigger chance this fear will become reality if he's in this year's BC than if he isn't.

My dad said to me a long time ago......."if u are scared, buy a dog." This game is not for the faint of heart. U can't start ducking from races because u are scared a horse will get hurt. They can get hurt or die at any time. Look at Saint Liam. A seemingly perfect horse that's never shown any signs of problems can take a bad step and it can all be over. Think of Go for Wand or Barbaro. Should they never run in another race with Discreet Cat because of the possibility that he can be lost?