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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I'm not blaming anyone. I certainly don't think Desormeaux did anything wrong.
In terms of running the horse with that quarter crack, it's a judgement call. I have some trainers that said they would have never run him with that quarter crack. I've got another trainer who said that he had a horse pop a quarter crack that looked just as bad as that 3 days before a huge race. They ran the horse and he won easily. So you just never know.
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I agree with you. I don't think "the decision" to run the horse was in and of itself is the issue either. Nobody can say what they would have done -- because they weren't "in it" so to speak. Actually, anyone can say what they would have done, but it's nothing more than hypothetical. No different than the people who say what they would do if they won the lottery or what they would do if they owned such a horse. Circular discussion or arguement.
Eric