Jerry Brown's letter to TDN on HOY discussion

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

If we were talking about just ONE horse it would be one thing but we are talking about two. Were they both simply off form?

Didn't Bullsbay battle a foot abscess (after stepping on a shard of metal) leading up to the BC Mile? He ran horrible there, yet had previous synthetic form (albeit not at the top level). Why would he necessarily turn it around when shipped back and wheeled back in the Clark?

Didn't Macho Again bow out of the BC Classic with a cough? Didn't he miss a couple of works the previous month?

Does any of this suggest they would bring their A-games to the race?

Not to mention, they've both been running since last winter without much of a breather.