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Originally Posted by Kasept
Needing wraps and using wraps are two different things. Afleet Alex always ran in wraps.. what of it?
Running the big effort isn't the issue... Running back too soon after the effort IS... Carl Nafzger is again, the difference here.
Keyed Entry ran on that horrible sloppy track at Gulfstream which also ruined First Samurai, and then ran back way too soon in the Gotham (?)...
Second of June ran back as well after the FOY and wasn't even three at the time yet (chronologically)...
FuSam.. who cares?
Nafzger will turn this colt out and give him every minute he needs to recover.
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We'll see Steve. The idea that Nafzger will magically wipe away a number like that b/c its him doesn't seem to make sense to me. Brothers and Pletcher and every other trainer that has had a young horse run a number even close to that even later in his campaign were unable to stop the inevitable. You can throw Read the Footnotes into this debate as well as he was finished off something like this also.
You are also guessing on the reason for the wraps. The fact is, the wraps weren't there for the previous starts so why now? Afleet Alex, if I'm correct, ran in wraps for only for the latter portion of his three year old season, which again was cut short due to retirement(he didn't even come close to finishing his 3 yr old season---that can't be your hope for Street Sense b/c that wouldn't be very successful at all).
Nafzger makes no difference at all.