Re: Nyquist pops another fever (996 Views)
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TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2016 01:20PM
I had similar PUBLIC idle speculation re Eight Belles, Go For Wand, I Want Revenge, Barbaro, and a few others I forget right now. The one I got wrong was Rachel in the Preakness, but Asmussen was smart enough not to come back in the Belmont.
If you want to go back far enough, I had one of my (not public) fights with Dickinson about running Da Hoss 3 times in 5 weeks. He won the Jersey Derby with the third one, then got sick. Michael, like you, said it was a coincidence.
Similar situation with Bet Me Best. Ran big on 2 weeks rest as a 2yo, I told Prestonwood it was gonna cost us down the road. Won the Hutcheson, then disappeared for a while.