What do you make of Blame's loss yesterday?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I've never been a big fan of Blame. I think he's been very fortunate to be around at a time when both the 3yo male and older male division have been horrid.

He does have one thing going for him ... the Whitney was the toughest field assembled in America this year ... and he won that race.

Quality Road, Haynesfield, and Jardim were all romping next out winners exiting that race.

Jardim (beaten 20 lengths in the Whitney) took a 100K stakes race at Hoosier on Saturday by 7 lengths at 9/1 odds.

Haynesfield won the JCGC hadily by a big margin at 7/1 odds.

Haynesfield had a huge excuse in the Whitney though. He smashed through the gate before the start. And after being reloaded - Dominguez opten to rate off of QR - and he found himself pinned in behind Quality Road by a pyschotic Rajiv Maragh on Musket Man. He was shoulder to shoulder with Musket Man going into the far turn and litterally had to push him sideways to get out of the box Maragh put him in.

I remember commenting when I was watching the race - and posting it on here later - "who does Maragh think Haynesfield is? Cigar?"

As incredibly stupid as it was - I kind of understand why he felt the need to attempt to press an unpressured Quality Road ... but why he needed to race ride Haynesfield, put him in a box, and exchange bumps and contact with him to keep him in I really have no idea. It was truly a gem of stupidity.

Maragh is about as bright as the coach of the AZ Cards, no?