How to ruin a horse: Jamie Sanders Edition

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Its funny to hear everyone armchair QB, then bitch on other posts about horses being retired early, and raced sparingly. I know one thing, Im glad you guys arent training him.

You've missed the point. Nobody is castigating Sanders for wanting to run him in the Derby. He belongs in the Derby just as much as any of the others who have also-ran written all over them because he earned his way there.

It is the ludicrous suggestion that the Woodford Reserve is a logical or viable alternative if excluded from the Derby that is in question. It would be like Bill Kaplan stating that if Imawildncrazyguy doesn't make it in the field, that they will just wait for the Breeders' Cup Turf. It makes no sense to jump from one to the other. Dropping the horse into a race on a surface he's never run on against older seasoned horses in one of the premier early season turf races because the Derby is oversubscribed makes no rational sense.