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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
He hasn't exactly come close---his two 2nd place finishers, Invisible Ink and Bluegrass Cat...were both beaten by lopsided margins....albeit both at longshot odds.
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To be fair, I've never felt as though the horses he has led over in this race were likely winners. Simply having a lot of horses in the race guarantees nothing as Zito proved a few years ago with some horses I thought were better than the group that Pletcher brought this year. He'll get his....I think his BC record is more a function of how he places horses throughout the year. I've always thought he puts horses in races they belong and where they win. So I wouldn't say he avoids the top competition but the BC is where you can't avoid the top horses and full fields.