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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
It is sad, to be sure.
I'm the world's biggest Courthouse apologist, but the fact that he's going to pick up at least a 4th place check in a GIII race given his current form is appalling.
At least last year he came into the race better than this year. I guess the connections are afraid to lose him, because he's more than fast enough to contend in higher priced claiming races, yet they keep throwing him in against optional claimers. I don't see how his picking up checks for running 4th or so in races like that benefits them more than dropping him in for a decent tag and letting him be put up for sale with a chance to take the lion's share of the purse.
Oh wait, I do see it. They can keep him and run him in guaranteed check spots in GIII races. Nevermind.
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Courthouse makes 10k (probably more with distributation of 5th place going somewhere) just for running in this race, he could gallop around, hell, they win another 23k if they can beat a rat in Le Jester, a great opportunity for free money, just can't fall off