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Originally Posted by Sightseek
It wasn't critical of his training although I think it mentioned what he said about Antley after the Belmont and following his death. (the book follows Antley beyond the Belmont)
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Oh interesting. I know some folks really have it out for him, and I'm not saying he deserves one way or the other, I just know that the face of trainers in the 90s for me was always him and Baffert and Zito. I assumed the book was just another one of the 'rag on D. Wayne' club. He does seem to be a sufferer of chronic verbal diarrhea. In truth, I wonder if it would bother any of us if we felt like a jockey who rode one of our horses had a past that was getting whitewashed. We obviously didn't know Chris. Lukas should've been introduced to the concept of tact though. Speaking ill of the dead isn't the same as carefully correcting the record. I wonder if he blamed any of Charismatic's situation on Chris. Did he imply the drugs affected the racing?
So that we're not completely off topic, looks like Flying Private could get in. Where is he on the Ten Cents a Shine--Charismatic spectrum of Derby horses from Lukas?