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Originally Posted by GMB@BP
Easily the worst contingent of california horses in the history of the BC, I would be fading them in every race all day long.
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Lost in the shuffle with all his bad press and perhaps most indicative of his reckless manner...how about Baffert entering Classier in the BC Juvenile?
The horse just made his debut only 13 days ago in a sprint and yet was wheeled backed, shipped across country, stretched to two turns, and pitted against the best juveniles in the nation in his next start. And from where I'm sitting it was all simply because he didn't have any other horse in his seemingly vast reserves to enter in the race (has he even won more than a couple maiden special weights for males this year?).
According to the results chart, stopped worse than Princess Noor, horse went from 4.5 lengths back at the stretch call to being beaten 12 lengths at the wire. Let's hope the horse isn't completely ruined.
Basically did the same with late-starting Uncle Chuck this year after he fried Nadal and Charlatan and had only Authentic to rely on in the Triple Crown (which ended up being all he needed...mostly because he nearly single handedly depleted this year's 3yo crop). Toast after 3 starts.
Didn't "raise the bar" with his entry patterns that's for sure...
