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Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
Swiss Skydiver may be one of those filly casualties that never recovers from a grueling 3yr old campaign (see Rachel Alexandra & Silverbulletday).
All three ran vs the boys in their 3yr old season.
Rachel - Preakness, Haskell, Woodward
Silverbulletday - Belmont
Swiss Skydiver - Blue Grass, Preakness
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I hope that's not the case.
I've seen enough long hard campaigns over 45 years to have seen plenty of horses that were terrific early in the year tail off at the end of the year in the championship races. The trainers that are spacing races and not shipping all over the place because they want a fresh horse for the Breeder's Cup are not crazy.
The win against Authentic had to have been draining after that tough year, but you hope a freshening will turn them around. McPeek was talking like she was ready for a new peak. He had to have been disappointed.
