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Old 05-31-2007, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Cardus
Bloodhorse's report, full of Nafzger's quotes:

http://tcm.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=39154

You can defintily tell these guys are very old school. Though the Travers is still a very highly regarding race and the next big race in terms of Prestige behind the Triple Crown but these guys have been around this game for a long time and back when The Travers was just as big as the other ones. Though it's sad to not have SS run in the Belmont it is sort of refreshing in way for Nafger to hold the Travers in such high esteem that way it was once thought of and should still be.
You see so many other trainers who after the TC races and will race top quality hoses in those cheesy, " Hey we'll throw a million $ race" ( Penn. Derby etc) and skip the Travers.
Again though I wish he was running in The Belmont, I love his old school way of thinking in regards to The Travers.
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