Discreet Cat has been scratched tonight.

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Originally Posted by KirisClown

That's a shame...

The website says they're going to train him up to the World Cup? I'll believe that when I see it. If anything, this is just a convenient excuse to miss the race altogether.

Perhaps, but if the horse really does have a fever isn't at least POSSIBLE that scratching him is the right thing to do?
I seem to remember a LOT of people saying that Invasor missed the JCGC simply because he was ducking Bernardini, and there was a lot of discussion on here about how Invasor's connections should be ashamed of themselves blah, blah, blah. Look how that turned out!
I really do not see any reason why they would make up this excuse and WANT to miss this race. What good does that do them?
I have to believe that they think their horse has a legitimate shot to win the DWC (and why shouldn't they?) and if they really felt that running him today would help his chances, they probably would. The truth is that this horse has demonstrated that he can run strong off of ridiculously long layoffs, so what exactly would be the point of running him today if he is not 100%?