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Originally Posted by burnsy
It’s not just the connections , although that’s part of it. You read the comments for the last 10 months or so. He’s a claimer , he can’t run straight cause he got dq’ed in the biggest race. A race where I sort of believe he got spooked and was a little green . The horse is a warrior, line thru the dq, line thru the stumble start and this is a horse that wins every time and has pretty much been best even when the win was denied. Look at the rest of his generation. No one is close to what this horse accomplished. After yesterday, you won’t hear much but crickets from the critics. He didn’t even take hold of that track really good and made Mucho Gusto look like a plow horse. He was wide the entire way, working hard and still pulled away late..... who cares about the connections? That horse is all world now....
The naysayers just got a nice slice of humble pie yesterday, but for crying out loud there’s not many that would of beat his last three races. Monster
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Horse is tough and tenacious and knows his job. Not specific to this horse, but he is definitely one of the tougher horses I've seen in some time, in terms of not letting horses pass him in the stretch. You saw this particularly in the Derby and the Haskell (esp. when Mucho Gusto comes on the outside at the top of the stretch). I didn't think he was going to win yesterday even at mid-stretch, then he had to dodge MG who was bobbing and weaving and then re-accelerate in order to beat the horse coming up the rail. He just appears to be a really game horse in addition to the physical talent... def an admirable trait.