Does the Dosage Index matter?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I don't really think it's any kind of redboarding guide - it's just misguided nonsense.

I guess Strike the Gold was the horse who was over the dosage limit - but was brought under after his Derby win when they made Alydar a chef-de-race.

I don't exactly think it was an act of redboarding for them to finally give there silly rating to a great distance sire like Alydar.

I can't imagine how idiotic a better would have had to have been to discredit Strike The Gold's chances of seeing out a classic distance because he had a high dosage.

Strike the Gold's younger full brother was 19-6-3-2 and made $244K in route races - and was 8-1-2-0 and made $24K in sprint races.

I don't really buy that they redboard - it's just a very half baked way of judging a horses likely development and distance preferences