Classic Empire

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

OK Freddy.. Will rely on your strong Twitter contacts to keep us informed.

As perhaps your most devoted longest listener that's simply not the point. Nobody is suggesting Casse is lying, nobody is saying the horse wasn't spooked by the foreign misplaced gate. Let's keep in mind, it was a G1 at a racetrack with a highly competent staff, with the eyes of the racing world watching, so the notion that this gate faux pas was so divisive to a horses chances is really something to question. Seems to me the staff there wouldn't be so cavalier right before a G1 and try something new ,but perhaps a human made an error..It happens? My GUESS is the gate has been left there before and never was considered to be a hindrance, but I REALLY DONT KNOW

Classic Empire has had issues in his previous races, I am sure this is not news to many of us that follow the game. Those issues have escalated not mitigated. I started this by saying for as much as I KNOW it could have been a 1 off miscue.

I think its important to be objective and from were I stand the colt is a nut case that freaked out. That's not a knock on Casse's amazing operation. That colt ran 30 yards and stopped on a dime like a well trained barrel runner, because he saw Jesus would have been more plausible then seeing through the colt to right side but I really don't know.

As a fan that loves good fast sound horses, nothing would make me happier than to see him win the TC and never have another issue again. StartergateGate does not sound plausible to me.