Re: Always negative (772 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: May 07, 2009 02:20PM
Agreed. 100%.
They were great sportsmen. The fact that they had the best dirt horse in the world, sent that horse to Dubai to run, brought him back and tried him on turf with the goal of running him in the Arc if he proved good enough, and then when he didn't, they ran him on the carpet at Santa Anita, proved to this gambler that they are sportsmen.
To go back furter on Asmussen, how many trainers would have run Curlin in the Preakness after getting a rough trip in the Derby and having three grueling efforts before the derby. I can still remember the Preakness analysis (which I agreed with) saying that he was a bet against in the Preakness and figured to go backwards. I may have to do a search on the board here and see if Covelj was calling for a freshening after the Derby, pointing him to his 4 year old year. :)