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Originally Posted by randallscott35
Giacomo doesn't help your case, its a nothing burger. Would you have lit up like that for Kiaran had the dreadful Closing Argument won the Derby? I doubt it.
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Kiaran McLaughlin is a GREAT trainer. Probably one of the 5 best I've seen over the course of my lifetime following racing. Closing Argument has almost nothing to do with that either.
If you look at Giacomo's win in the Kentucky Derby and his very respectable 4th in the BC Classic ... I do think it is one of many examples of how dangerous a trainer Shirriffs can be at getting a horse to run their peak race when pointing for a main goal.
I think when he was training for 505 .. the main goal was to come out smoking...and that could have been what the owners wanted. He's totally changed his style since in that regard.