Orb Retired, to Stand at Claiborne in 2014

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

One of the Jockey Club's big initiatives for 2014 is its partnership with Fox Sports to televise a series of races for older horses. Now, the Jockey Club's own leaders retire their 2013 Derby winner; regardless of what we all think of the quality of Orb's Derby victory, his presence would have helped that series.

Maybe once. If he continued to run up the track his allure would be minimal.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Maybe once. If he continued to run up the track his allure would be minimal.

exactly.
they couldn't take a chance on that happening again, especially without finding an excuse. after all, if something is broke, but you don't know what, how do you fix it?
also agree with what doug said about 3 yo honors. they probably figure WTC has it wrapped up, whether they ran in and won the cigar mile or not. and i have to think he just wasn't showing that same spark he had in fla and ky.
it happens. we've all seen horses suddenly get really good, or run a huge race, only to never do so again.