Danzig, I basically said the same thing that you just did in my post. I was basically arguing the fact that the BCJ happens to be harder on two year olds than any other two year old race in the country. It ruins a lot of good ones. It depends on the individual animal and the individual circumstances to whether or not the trainers want to take the gamble by running potential TC horses in that race. With a horse such as Nobiz Like Shobiz, Tagg obviously feels that there is more to gain by not running his horse in that race, and I don't blame him one bit. Now, I don't know if FC would have won the BCJ or not, and I stated that in my post above. It's not just Tagg who skips the BCJ either. Lots of top horses never run in the race. Heck, neither Flower Alley or Bellamy Road were in the race, and they were top horses of last year.
Again, I trust Tagg's judgment with Nobiz Like Shobiz. I can almost guarantee, unless something weird happens, that Nobiz Like Shobiz is going to be a force to be reckoned with next year. I can't wait!
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10-18-2006, 07:16 PM
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