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Originally Posted by cj
There is no way those horses will show up for that race. You'd be lucky to get 40% of them. Trainers pretty much avoid that kind of competition before the Breeders' Cup.
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No doubt the existence of the Jim Dandy likely on the same weekend at Saratoga makes it a bit easier for a trainer to avoid a particular horse.
And if the alternative is too tough as well, they probably only need to wait a week or so for the Indiana or West Virginia Derby or something.