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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
If he had no horse in the Preakness or a much different running style than Early Voting it might be worth thinking about it if the horse came out of the race good. But he's got horses for the Preakness and Jack Christopher would just wind up stalking Early Voting. So why rush a horse and stretch him 3/16ths when he's just coming back off an injury and may compromise your other horse? There are too many big races left later.
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Considering how delicate horses are now, if you're an owner or trainer and your horse doesn't win the Derby, you might as well skip the Preakness - and if your horse stopped to a walk in the Derby, you might as well pursue the sprint championship.
