No Wood for Circular Quay

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Originally Posted by Linny

AGS could go to Ill, Ark or even SoCal to get earnings. No need to shelve CQ. I suspect that there is more to it than earnings. CQ has not trained since 3/26. Something is amiss with him. The Pletcher barn has favored CQ from Day 1. Pletcher handled his sire and trained the dam to one of his very first G1 wins. This horse was the golden boy of the barn and I suspect that something may be wrong w/him. I doubt that they would be willing to "sacrifice" a Derby for him to benefit another. remember Pletcher handled Thunder Gulch and trained Circle of Life FOR TABOR. Coolmore is not a client that Todd wants to rile.

Well actually I have always heard that Scat Daddy was the "golden boy of the barn" b/c TP owned part of him.
Who knows what led to this decision? The problem with CQ is that he isn't "just" a G1 winning horse. He is a G1 winning horse by Thunder Gulch and out of a G1 winning mare. In today's game that makes him a piece of metal and the breeding shed a giant magnet. I fear we may have seen the last of him, but we have NO proof of that yet, so let's hope I'm wrong.
I have always liked this horse because I like his style (I love deep closers) and because I always liked Thunder Gulch......BUT this horse may come to represent everything that is wrong with racing.
First of all look at his pedigree. It is nothing but RAN and Northern Dancer EVERYWHERE!! http://www.pedigreequery.com/circular+quay
Secondly, if he actually wins the Derby off an 8-week layoff (which I don't think is out of the question) it will deal yet another blow to the seemingly arcane concept of running racehorses in horseraces.