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Originally Posted by somerfrost
There is always an element of luck but being a good judge of horseflesh often makes one lucky too! DWL is known to have a keen eye as do most if not all of the successful trainers, with her background it is not unreasonable to assume Jamie does also. Her record is her record and if she ever wants to be considered as a top trainer (even at a small circuit) she obviously must improve her win %...all I've ever said is: (1) it's too early to write her off for many reasons, some sociological, (2) she has done nothing wrong with this horse...the proof was on display Saturday at Belmont, (3) criticizing her record is one thing (her low % is there in black and white), criticizing her handling of this horse is something else (open to debate I think) but criticizing her hair, figure, speech and other physical characteristics seems unfair and reeks of a double standard.
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Agreed and you'll notice that I've never done that.
In regards to placing Teuflesberg, I'm not a trainer so I have no say in where the horse goes. My personal opinion is that the colt is better suited for races under 8.5 furlongs and I think the Kentucky Derby proved that. Was it unfair to run the horse in the Derby? Yeah, I think it was (to the horse.) Do I blame her for doing it? Nope... if I had a horse with enough talent, I'd probably want to try it as well. He seems to be a very sound, hard knocking horse and it doesn't appear that the Derby effort took much out of him. I look forward to seeing him run in the future.
