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Originally Posted by JDank34
Nafzger and Wilkes are actually looking into the Rushaway at TP and then the Bluegrass at KEE. These are 2 unbelieveable horsemen who know exactly what they need to do to get this horse to peak May 5th and not a day sooner. This horse has much more foundation than people are giving him credit for.
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Maybe that's all true. But I can't see why they're worrying about meeting AGS in the Tampa race. At some point he's going to need to do some hard running. He certainly won't benefit from a soft Rushaway field, will he? That leaves just the BG as a real prep. Also, if memory serves, the Turfway stakes -- both the Rushaway and Lane's End -- often come up with full fields and off tracks, neither would be a good thing for an easy return race for SS>
He'll go into the Rushaway off a 4.5 month layoff. Then he's going to win the Derby in his 3rd start over 5-6 weeks?
Maybe they're right. Maybe the horse is behind schedule. Maybe they're a little too confident. I'd bet on one of the latter two.