Jackson passes on Belmont with Rachel Alexandra

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Yeah, Curlin was so sound he made his debut in February of his three-year-old year and drifted out into the middle of the track in winning it.

The best counter-argument you can come up with is Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex, two horses anyone with a brain knew would probably never race after the Belmont, injury or no?

How about adding Charismatic, Point Given, Monarchos, Real Quiet, Silver Charm, Empire Maker, Giacomo, and Big Brown as horses that ran in all three over the past dozen years and couldn't finish out their 3yo seasons. Does that help the counter argument any? How about some more horses that ran in at least two of the TC races with one of them being the Belmont that didn't finish out their 3yo seasons? Horses like Bluegrass Cat, Jazil, Rags to Riches.