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[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I hear people say that, and I'm not entirely clear why. I think they believe she's better on dirt than synthetic and are looking forward to proving it in a dirt BCC. I don't think traveling once is a problem, but I'd be nervous if she'd just come from the Beldame. It's just a feeling I get that she'd not handle it well, and maybe that's why they didn't take her around after all. Wasn't the first race post-Apple Blossom this year a squeaker? We get that she likes the distance. Why would they bail? I don't think they think she's gonna lose. Is there something that looks less than great about her that I've missed out on? I don't get how they get HOY if one of the other contenders wins it, and she doesn't bother to show.

I can only answer this for myself my dear...

It's just a feeling.

Maybe it's the cynic in me... the pessimist.

It's easy for all of us to say well I can see them thinking this and that but hey we are here to discuss things, right?

I can see them being afraid. They changed their mind(s) about retirement... I can see them changing it about this too.

Fear that she will lose, that her luck will run out... it's funny cause i AM a fan of hers and yet i realize that saying these things can be taken in a sarcastic way.

I mean no disrespect or anything...

I can just see them not wanting to push it and any little thing being used as a reason for retirement.