Spa,

Funny Cide won NY State Stakes at 2. Smarty won non Graded at 2. Charismatic won a Mdn Claimer at 2, War Emblem a MSW etc. Historically G1 at 2 made sense but not lately. I still say conditioning at 3 makes sense to handle the extra distance they've never covered. Until it's proven otherwise, I'll side with history and conditioning at this point.I think this one particular race with the added distance requires more conditioning. However, I'll keep an open mind if a really special one pops up in the next 6 -10 weeks.

Yes trainers are adapting and changing training methods and we should adapt too. Someone will eventually prove it can be done a new and different. (Hopefully without enhancements, additives, steroids et al).

NC Tony