Probably was.
He sure ruined any possible chance Bellamy Road could have ever had in that race.
Probably ruined Afleet Alex as well.
I thought Afleet Alex was being mismanaged and would have been a monster one-turn sprinter miler ...
I don't know if I thought that because he was defeated in each of his first three route attempts by the stellar trio of Proud Accolade, Wilko, and Greater Good.
Or maybe it was his Sprinter/miler pedigree combined with the fact he swerved like a drunken sailor to run down Devil's Disciple in the Hopeful.
Either way - great peice of training by Tim Ritchey. I was wrong on that call.
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