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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
I took skipping the BC Juvenile as a positive. It sounded like they know they have a very talented horse that could be Derby factor and they didn’t want to push him into 3 races in a short period and potentially ruin him. I didn’t read anything about injuries. So he’s probably galloping somewhere getting ready to start working next month. There’s not much point to working now when the targets are quite bit away.
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It could be legit. But Cox's detailed reasoning about running 3 races in a short period rings hollow in the face of his handling of dual champion Essential Quality who basically did (with great success) what is apparently now anathema to him.
Meanwhile, owner Spendthrift loves to "make" stallions which Loggins would have been instantly if he had contested and won the BC Juvenile.
None of this of course means that even if he did have a setback, it was something major.