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Old 04-14-2017, 10:58 AM
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type about mismanaged..sheesh

heres a horse who just needed a better situation
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Old 04-14-2017, 01:34 PM
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type about mismanaged..sheesh

heres a horse who just needed a better situation
What would have been better for him?
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Old 04-14-2017, 01:47 PM
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a situation that wasn't mismanaged
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Old 04-14-2017, 10:54 PM
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What would have been better for him?
Not having to face American Pharoah, for starters.
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Old 04-14-2017, 02:03 PM
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Old 04-14-2017, 05:29 PM
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Yes.. So terribly managed that he was only 16/8-2-2 for $2,000,000 with G1 wins at 2 and 3, 5 GSW's overall..

Think how much better managed he'd have been not having to face American Pharoah and California Chrome (5/0-2-1)..
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Yes.. So terribly managed that he was only 16/8-2-2 for $2,000,000 with G1 wins at 2 and 3, 5 GSW's overall..

Think how much better managed he'd have been not having to face American Pharoah and California Chrome (5/0-2-1)..
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Old 04-17-2017, 03:48 PM
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Yes.. So terribly managed that he was only 16/8-2-2 for $2,000,000 with G1 wins at 2 and 3, 5 GSW's overall..

Think how much better managed he'd have been not having to face American Pharoah and California Chrome (5/0-2-1)..
thanks for the personal attack steve
I think I deserve better than that to quote a phrase
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Old 04-17-2017, 05:41 PM
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thanks for the personal attack steve
I think I deserve better than that to quote a phrase
It is a weird post. The horse is huge, has some confirmation issues that preclude him from being the easiest horse to keep in training. He would be 5/2 maybe lower in this years KD but he was campaigned against some very special horses. Leaving the best dirt trainer EVER cant be good thing at best Sherman was going to get him back to where he was, its not like he was going to take a step forward. I dont know he was a 275k 2 year old in training grad that in other years would have been a classic winner. His derby was excellent, its not like he loved going more the 9f's. how much better could anyone have possibly done with him? He will be a stallion, perhaps Big Brown's first, and you would have to agree he had a terrific career on track. Baffert's program is to win big races at 3 and the owner certainly wasn't someone who didnt want to push to run in those races, who could blame them?

What is your point they should have backed off after the derby? Maybe? He didnt even really run in Preakness to win IMO. I dont know but he sure didnt send like he had in all his other races? Your post seems to suggest Baffert did something wrong? I do not see anything wrong based on what they did or didnt do, what are we missing?
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Personal attack? What part of Byks post did you take personally? That he didn't refute you with a more gentle hand?
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Old 04-17-2017, 11:16 PM
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Personal attack? What part of Byks post did you take personally? That he didn't refute you with a more gentle hand?
People are very sensitive nowadays. They will take the beating but it has to be more like a pie in the face in lieu of a verbal thrashing.
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