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Old 04-13-2011, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by slotdirt View Post
Spanish Chestnut, even after setting a 44 and whatever pace on Derby day, came back to be a decent enough sprinter later in his career. I liked that horse.
He was laid off a year and never managed any better than allowance/optional claiming wins and 3rds in G2 and last in a G1. I guess anyone would say they would like to own that horse, but I think he would have been better off had he been pointed to the sprint stakes as a 3yo instead of being Nagdini's pacemaker.
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