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Originally Posted by Exceller
I don't think they were honestly ever even considering the race. It is a $150K race with nothing at stake. I think he is going to train right up to the Haskell or Travers.
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It was to be a prep race. Remember them? In the good old days, trainers knew it was tough to train a horse up to an optimum performance without a race or two, especially at 2-turn distances. So they put their top runners into lesser races to help them get into racing trim and didn't insist that they win their preps, either.