Dunkirk -- 2 Questions

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Danzig

if he wasn't trained by pletcher, and hadn't been bought for over 3 million by tabor et al, most would be laughing that he's even under consideration for the race.

I actually think this is why there's so much hate for him. If this were Larry Jones, or almost anyone else, we'd be really excited and would say, "If there's one trainer who can get a horse like this ready, it's him!"

The bottom line is this: He ran second to Quality Road, Quality Road is one of the best horses out there, which should, by default, make Dunkirk better than a lot of horses out there. So, because it's the biggest race, he deserves a chance to run.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not picking him, in fact, I think he's probably a bet against, especially with the pace.

FWIW, the comparison to Big Brown was merely on the lightly-raced angle... not in their abilities.