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Old 06-28-2011, 12:52 PM
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Yes.

There might have been worse than him, I'll grant you that, but few trainers did so little with so much.

His handling of Apollo was Appolling.
Apollo's career was steered by owner and DRF pedigree expert Leon Rasmussen, who planned the mating that produced the pony-sized horse. Using dosage and whatever else, he was convinced the horse could get 10f. Apollo was always a mere sprinter and not even a top class one after he starting facing open company.

Not sure what extraordinary talents Gary Jones was in command of, but nearly all of his top horses were major winners as older horses. A lot of his horses were secondhand projects (failed Euros, Argentinia imports, etc) as well.
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