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Originally Posted by Travis Stone
The only assumption is that those horses went synth-to-dirt. The problem is Indian Blessing, Cocoa Beach, Midnight Lute, Black Seventeen and Tiago all started their careers on dirt.
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They still performed on both surfaces. That they started on dirt and still were able to perform on a surface that favors grass horses only reinforces my belief that good horses can make the transition. Not all of them, of course, but it can be done and I think it's silly to automatically write off a horse as a grass runner when they haven't even been given a chance on dirt. Again, that's not the same as being wary of their chances or saying that you want them to prove it to you before you are a believer or not wanting to take them at short odds on dirt.
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