"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[Five Star Derek]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Yes, everything you are saying is true.

But with regard to Afleet alex, I certainly don't think that Ritchey thought that Alex had a fracture before the Belmont. They discovered the injury after the Belmont and they are guessing that he sustained the injury in the Preakness. That is their best guess. They don't know it for sure.

Rupert-I never implied or wrote in any previous threads that Ritchey thought Alex had a fracture before the Belmont. Only that AA was injured to some degree in the Preakness. This of course is all speculation on everybody's part. I just think the connections know their horse well and think they would know better than all of us.