Shocking news!!!

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

So..she does the right thing for the horse and still gets slammed...I don't get it? Certainly the horse earned his way into the Derby...she takes a week to evaluate, making plans to run as any smart trainer would, and now decides that it's not in the best interest of the horse...seems like she did everything right to me...

Obviously I'm thrilled to see her not point the horse for the Preakness.

Am I really that out of line in thinking that while it's great that she's doing the right thing for the horse in passing the Preakness, that there was no mention of exactly where he will go after that? So he's skipping the Preakness, it doesn't make her the Messiah for holding him out of one race, just so she can inevitably enter him over his head shortly after the Preakness. If I'm wrong and he gets a real vacation, I'll be glad to own up to it at that time.

It's not outlandish to doubt that she will do right by the horse. Skipping one race doesn't mean she's going to actually do right for the horse.

She made one right decision. That puts her batting average at about .0001, something I'm not exactly rushing to wet my pants over while excusing everything else she's done. Sorry if that's the wrong answer, Somer.