Re: Harlington (371 Views)
Date: February 12, 2005 01:07PM
I'm not going to be able to find the articles, but I am 100% certain he had training setbacks and missed one of his originally scheduled preps. Even before that, I was comtemplating betting against him because it was clear he was going to have to move forward from his springtime Derby form to win. Of course pretty much every 3 year old on the planet has to move up from their springtime form to beat the best older horses. That much is a given.
The betting value was that with his reputation he would be the favorite despite the fact that he hadn't demonstrated he would move forward. Once he went off schedule, it was a no brainer to bet against him.
Drysdale may be an excellent and very cautious horseman, but there's no way that horse was 100% of where he would have been without a training interruption and with another prep race.
Post Edited (02-12-05 13:57)
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