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Originally Posted by Danzig
his foot hurt him due to the fact that he lost training time. basically, he was a short horse that day. i read he had one work between the derby and the belmont. his fitness level dropped.
pg, you run-just think if you didn't train for the weeks prior to a race. you're still in shape, but you're not racing fit. how would you do?
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If my expert trainer told me I was fit.
Dutrow kinda of made some sense saying the horse
was still in very good shape and the extra time (Preakness-Belmont)
gave them far more training options. They would adjust accordingly.
I would expect the heat had to be a factor also.
So when Brown returns in the Haskell on a faster track and most
likely a lower temp., we should expect the same dominant horse?
Or the others have a chance to mature and catch up? Or the others
are so bad its a horse out of the blue?
Or... and I think this is what many think, he was off the roids,
so he did not run well. And he may have had his roid spurt and its over.