Does this taint the Travers?

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

A broken heart probably led to the pastern injury....let's face it...Bluegarss Cat was a game horse thought fought to the wire like all of the good Storm Cats do and he was probably over-extending himself when Bernardini broke his heart at the top of the stretch when he tried him with everything he had twice and couldn't get Bernardini to break a sweat...BGC was all racehorse and you gotta love his competitiveness....thats what makes the good Storm Cats so damn good...they are all fighters

Jerry Bailey basically said the same thing on ESPN - poor BC had his heart broken by Bernardini. Yes, I can definitely see how the injury might have occurred there. This is why people love horses - they try so darn hard for you. Such noble creatures.............This race was a good test for Bernardini because a really fine colt tested him.

I had thought after the race that Todd might point the Cat for the Super Derby, so as to give his colt a chance to recover from chasing Bernardini. His quotes seemed to indicate that he thought the loss was due mainly to the extra week of rest that Bernardini had on him........although I think at heart he knew Bernardini would have to be subpar in order to lose. I'm sorry the decision was taken out of his hands...........