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[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Let's see, Afleet Alex was an accomplished 2YO, who won a Grade 1, and placed in two others including the BC ( where he was tons the best ), whereas Old Fashioned was a hype machine that won one race of any meaning ( against a field that is now being shown to have been claimer riddled ). Afleet Alex bombed in the Rebel, so badly that it wasn't hard to believe the lung infection story after the race, whereas hype machine Old Fashioned lost probably because he's both too keen and distance challenged. Now, don't get me wrong, Old Fashioned is a nice horse, but these two situations are only comparable in that the same race is involved. Please don't compare Old Fashioned to Afleet Alex.

Sorry, but I will beg to differ on whether or not Old Fashioned was being pointed for the Rebel.

That's exactly what I said at the beginning in saying Afleet Alex ran his worst race in the Rebel and now Old Fashioned has run his worst to date. Afleet Alex certainly beat better fields at 2, but Old Fashioned was never challenged and ran comparable figures. To say he's "distance challenged" at this point is pure speculation. He clearly hasn't been pushed at all with one work in a month, and ran second by 8 on class alone after chasing a fast pace.