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03-29-2009, 09:02 AM
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Heard Pletcher during the interview mention that had he known the track was going to be so souped up he would have scratched and waited for the Wood Memorial. First off doesn't Gulfstream have the tendency to do this for big races anyway. Secondly wasn't he watching the races as they were happening. Obviously he was concerned as it was with QUALITY ROAD'S speed so with the current track condition, why didn't he scratch?
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03-29-2009, 09:37 AM
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Maybe he thought all those other race were won by the best horse. So the first 2 out finished 1 - 2 or 1 - 3 in every other race... that had nothing to do with him.
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03-29-2009, 12:16 PM
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The problem with running in the Derby Trial is simple. Sure, I don't see any reason why a horse can't come back in a week but I also understand, like Cannon said, that this is a copy cat thing, and until some big timers start doing it with success, it's not going to be done. But let's just say that Pletcher did want to do it and could convince the owners to do it. Then what? You come back in the Derby the next week. Well, why enter the Derby if you don't plan on winning it? So they win the Derby and nobody is going to skip the Preakness with a Derby winner. I think that you have to plan for all three races if you plan for the first one. So really, if your plan is to go in the Derby and you run in the Derby Trial, you've got to think about it as four races in seven weeks and not just think about the coming back in one week. I'm going to say that may be a bit much. Maybe if we were talking about that sprinter that lady ran in the TC last year or the year before. But not with a horse that's run three times in his career. I think that this is what the biggest problem is these days. People focus so much on the Derby that they don't think about the other two races. Horses are athletes and they need to be conditioned. You can't run a horse once a month or once every 6-8 weeks then then expect him to all of a sudden be ready for three races in six weeks.
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03-29-2009, 03:06 PM
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Dunkirk is going straight to the Super Derby (Sep. 19), with a prep in the Super Derby Prelude on Saturday, August 15. Todd will not be attending the Alabama at Saratoga that weekend and will instead enjoy a nice afternoon of racing from the Sky Room on the fourth floor of Louisiana Downs. If he's lucky, ntamm1215 will make a cameo handicapping appearance and give Todd some tips himself at no cost.
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03-29-2009, 04:06 PM
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