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Originally Posted by The Bid

If Iavarone wasnt such an egomaniac yes they would be at the Travers with Prado up. That being said, for a liar, fraud, and an egomaniac, it can be very difficult to admit you dont have a clue whats going on. He may infact push Big Brown over to Jersey thinking he knows best. Dutrow may be a sleezy guy, but he knows what hes doing. Any training or spotting of Big Brown should be done by Dutrow, not Mr Iavarone

Bailey and Stevens are dead on the money.

Check, check, check.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I like how the track was described as " deep and heavily cushioned " as though, if it were true, that was a bad thing. In light of recent events in this TC that would have been most preferred. Of course, the times during the day are conveniently ignored.

Whatever works as an excuse....the weather, the track, the jockey, etc, etc. The bottom line is that the horse lost. It happens. It's racing. Big Brown was never as good as was suggested. He's obviously a lot better than he ran Saturday. But, so what, he lost, it's horse racing, it happens. Time to move ahead and stop complaining about the past.

In my opinion the problem with this game at the highest levels again goes back to the breeders. They always have to find an excuse on why he's not the superhorse they paid $50 million for, to justify their horrifically bad investment to potential shareholders/buyers of stud duty. You know and I know he's an excellent horse who had a bad day, and don't really need an explanation in this case. When he returns we can draw a line through the race, and see what that leaves.