I'm disappointed about the way things are going for this horse. I had reason to feel confident he was even better than he looked on paper. But once he went bad, it started feeling more like that they were trying to salvage the season rather than give him the extra time he may have needed to get back to 100% again. Obviously I'm not the trainer or a vet and don't know what's going on. I could also have initially just been wrong about his ability. However, it doesn't feel like this horse is doing as well now as he was earlier in the year, yet they are still trying to run through it. IMO, the horse that was well beaten in the Preakness was not the same horse we saw earlier and this is not a sign of confidence. We'll see how he works going into the race.
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