08-28-2014, 10:01 AM
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Santa Anita
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: rancho por el mar
Posts: 3,165
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Originally Posted by Patrick333
It wouldn't break my heart if won both of them. He's a gutty horse.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
I don't see it as a weird choice- the horse is a dual classic winner, and short of winning the Breeders' Cup Classic, I don't see how his value as a stud is going to change much one way or another, regardless of what happens here on out. So why not run him in what they hope will be a soft spot, where they're guaranteed a pretty generous check for both them and their trainer?
As for turning down the 51% sale of him, one of the requirements was a change of trainer, and regardless of how thoroughly media unsavvy they are, they've been quite loyal to Sherman. In a business where talented horses get bought up the second they show ability and handed off to big trainers that already have dozens of good horses, I can't dislike owners that stay with the trainer who took them on to begin with.
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And agreed. Well, at least I can't dislike them for that.
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