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Originally Posted by cj
I still remember Normandy Invasion skipping the Preakness for no real reason. That didn't work out very well. I realize it isn't the same thing since he didn't win the Derby, but he would have been one of the top betting choices.
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...and just think, had they struck while the iron was hot and won one of the classics with Normandy Invasion, a son of uber-sire Tapit, the horse would be standing at Lane's End or Claiborne for over $50K, but instead he's a non-stakes winner standing for not even a tenth of that somewhere in upstate NY (I have know idea if it's near Saratoga Springs or Mechanicville).
From the sound of it though, Normandy Invasion was a horse not easily kept together for whatever reason. That could be the deal with Cloud Computing, too.
Whatever it is, this "5 weeks" trend is pretty much ruining the Triple Crown. This is just one more instance. I won't even begin to rail against the knuckleheads who run in the Derby and skip the Preakness year in and year out.
I'm with whoever suggested bringing back the $1 million bonus points thingy from the 1980s. Or maybe Stronach can forego a couple of million from the Pegasus debacle and put his own bonus between the Derby and Preakness. Let's not forget, the Preakness field this year was rather ho-hum itself and didn't appear to be particularly contentious for those of us who forgot that Todd Pletcher was the trainer of Always Dreaming.