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Originally Posted by GMB@BP
real nice horse. probably the best offspring of Arazi as well. You can see why they tried the grass, I was there that day, he was slipping all over the turf course if i recall being told after the race.
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He ran off that day carving out ridiculous fractions for a turf race (45+, 1:09 1/5) before getting swallowed up in the stretch (beaten only a couple of lengths). Baffert quipped post-race that "he liked the grass too much" after complaining Mike Smith couldn't get him to relax.
Almost was retired after that race but they gave him one more chance in the 2002 Cigar Mile and he went on quite a tear after that.