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[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Kimmeastar

My turn! Here is what we bash her about,FL.Of the 6 times this horse ran a mile or more,he won ONCE,in the Southwest stakes with an easy lead,and a day Hard Spun was having a bad day.All the rest of them,He tired BADLY,especially after setting fractions in the Blue Grass that most of us could have walked faster.His only GRADED STAKES EARNINGS are a third place in the Rebel,where he was tiring BADLY AGAIN,and in a six furlong sprint,where he had an easy lead of 2.5 lengths and GAVE IT UP!!!!! There is nothing here at all to suggest he belongs in the derby or in any other triple crown races. He got into the Derby by the hair of his chinny chin chin because of defections by other horses,and once again,got his ASS HANDED TO HIM.What part of this do you not see in his PP's?Yet this woman continued to enter him in tougher races at further distances.It is quite clear to most of us here that how she enters this horse and other horses under her care,that she does not know how to read a condition book.And Somerfrost,she did NOT take her time to make a decision.She said to the media 2 days after the derby he was going in the preakness,so so much for that statement.
As far as the rest of your comments FL,I do not give a rats ass what you have to say.If you don't like it here,you are free to leave anytime.

Saying and doing are two different things, many many times a trainer will indicate a horse will run in this or that race only to announce later that would not be the case. The horse lost the grade one Blue Grass by a neck...it was indeed a slow pace but with a 4 horse photo AND the fact that the Derby winner finished second, why not try? Third in the Rebel to Curlin who accounted for most of that margain despite not being prepared for the start and racing wide (DRF comments), Third in the LeComte (G3) to Hard Spun despite bobbling at the break (DRF)...in fact, according to the DRF, the horse hadn't broken well in 5 of last 6 starts and still was 6/3-0-2-1. Certainly the 10f was a question but she had a horse that was performing as well as half the field. Certainly on paper, there was more justification for her horse than Imawildandcrazyguy...yet he ran big! Point is...you just don't know and as I said before, the Derby is every trainer's dream and MOST never make it...why in the world wouldn't she have the right to try???