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Originally Posted by the little guy
I highly doubt the people misunderstanding your first paragraph would have thought Precisionist or Gulch would win the Sprint.
Furthest Land was related to Dynever, or whatever they changed his name to....so there's that.
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The sharpest owners/trainers tend to do what they think is in their best "long term" interests. They don't look at a handful of more surprising successes or failures.
I appreciate that Repole is a sport and took a shot in the Classic with Uncle Mo. But he was the first horse I threw out. However, just because he failed doesn't mean he had no chance or that Liam's Map shouldn't have tried.
In the same way, just because Gulch and Precisionist won, that doesn't mean it would have been economically and developmentally correct for others. In fact, if there was a Mile back then, maybe those trainers would have tried the Sprint anyway because it was for much more money and they felt their horses were versatile enough to pull it off. Or maybe you could argue one of them should have tried the Classic.
I get what everyone wants. People want the best possible races. I want the same thing.
But most of the horses that run in the Mile are not perfectly suited to the other races and others would simply pass the day altogether rather than turn back or stretch out.
I think you run the race and call out those that clearly would be major contenders in the Classic when they seem to be ducking the competition because they are afraid to lose. You call out the connections of St Liam. and the occasional other horse like him.
