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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay
Tell that to Tagg. It worked for FC, and Nick had bad luck with his horse...
There's no telling what can happen in the months to come, but there's also no telling what might happen in the BCJ. I probably would have done the same thing if I had some fragile two year olds who had a ton of potential. Who's to say that Eurosilver would have won or even done well in the BCJ anyway? That's why I think that cases of horses like Eurosilver aren't legitimate. Heck, FC might have won the BCJ and the Derby...who knows, but I would have rather won the Derby than the BCJ, and the decision paid off for Tagg. But it's not just the Derby. It's saving the horses from preventable injuries so they may race to their peak the following year. I'll leave the training job to the trainers because, most of the time, they make good decisions based upon each individual animal and each individual circumstance. Nick may not have made the wrong decision with his horses. It's an unknown factor because you don't know how his horses would have done in the BCJ, and whether or not they would have gotten injured in the BCJ that kept them from racing the following year anyway.
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taggs one doesn't equal all those of zitos as far as not striking while the iron was hot, and running his horses when healthy and when they had a legit shot, a much better shot at running in and doing well in a grade one when you have no idea what those horses are going to be six months down the road.
i don't feel you have to choose one route or the other. macho uno, afleet alex, point given among others tell me that you can have a good two year old, a real shot at the bcj, and continue on at three.
zito skipped it at two, and none did well at three.
you can have your cake and eat it too..as long as you try to make the cake first!!
hey, it worked out for tagg...but who's to say what FC would have done had he run in the bcj???
but skipping it certainly didn't do anything for nicks horses.