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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
I thought that Pletcher said the horse was schooled several times at Belmont, so I think Steve's statement is correct.
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Yes, but he also made it sound like he didn't do anything with the horse, which I thought was unfair. Whether you like Pletcher's personality or not he's a hard working and organized guy and I have a feeling it didn't matter where Quality Road was schooled because he got it in his head that day that he wasn't happy.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/108840.html
Quality Road never had the chance to prove his ability over Santa Anita's Pro-Ride surface. He freaked out at the gate and had to be scratched after he suffered a cut on the gaskin, the region between the stifle and the hock, in a rear leg that required stitches. Pletcher said Quality Road had three problem-free schooling sessions at Belmont Park before he left.
"We tried to challenge him a bit, put him with other horses, back him out, put him in [with] rider on, rider off, try to get him to misbehave so maybe we could figure out if he were to misbehave what we could do different," Pletcher said. "Basically, in three sessions here he never so much as hesitated."