Jerry Brown's letter to TDN on HOY discussion

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

So the trainers of Macho Again and Bullsbay had their respective charges primed for their best efforts in...The woodward? Really? No disrespect Merlinsky but thats laughable.

Lets face it-neither horse is very good. We want to heap huge praise on the filly for holding these two horses off and she deserves a measure of credit for doing that. Lets not pretend though that those horses are something they arent. Yesterday seemed to back up that point.

So they're not good because they lost yesterday?

Macho Again had a very good year by today's standards. He won a Grade II, a Grade I, and placed in two other GIs. Bullsbay had a good year himself.

Whether Macho Again or Bullsbay's form was off yesterday probably had little to do with whether their trainer's had their horses primed. Don't give Macho's trainer that much credit. They were both in career-best form this summer and Rachel faced them at the top of their game. If you want to argue that the top of their game is not much then that's a different issue.

NT