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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
He was conservative in that he opted to stay at Gulfstream and run in what is no more than a very tough alw quality race with Grade 1 status attached to it.
I might have looked for an even easier Graded Stakes spot.. and would have no problem shipping a young lightly raced horse God knows where.
If D'Funnybone and A Little Warm both are lured away from the Swale ... and it appears I'd go post as a favorite in a Grade 2 ... I might cut him back to 7f and run there and depending on how he performed go either Derby Trial/Preakness or Lexington/Derby
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That's fair that the FLA Derby is now coming up a glorified allowance race (albeit with some promising horses), but I don't know that Nick knew that before he made the decision. He's now started on the road where, if the colt runs well, he has to run him in the Derby - and he'll have had all of 3 starts. Maybe he thinks the colt is doing very well right now - he did just breeze a half in 47 recently - but I think I like your plan better.