With Kauai Katie being entered in the Juvenile Fillies instead of the Juvenile Sprint, I have a feeling that this is a show of non-confidence in Dreaming of Julia. I don't think Pletcher would have opted to take a horse that would have been a heavy favorite in a $500k race and throw her into another race, to face conditions she's never faced before, against much stronger competition, to face another of his own horses who is a very strong contender in the race....if he had confidence in Julia. I could see if it was different ownership but that's not the case here.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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