friesan fire excuse

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Danzig

makes me wonder about that seven week break before the derby. wonder if there was something cooking back after his last, and that's why they had the big break? i really wondered then if everything was all bright and shiny, that they really intended to do all that.

The seven week layoff was something put out there by Jones almost immediately after the race, and it had more to do with Jones not wanting FF to regress off a huge new best. The idea being that a small bounce was inevitable if he ran back in one more prep and then he'd bounce to the moon in the derby.