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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
The backing of a barn like Steve Asmussen was probably the final addition to the case that RD needed to stay in NY. If Asmussen uses Dominguez 1st call then Bridgmohan can stay away from Saratoga.
Trainers getting away from riders they've used for an extended period can wreck one's business. Look at Channing Hill, he's barely making ends meet without Hushion.
NT
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Dominguez has hardly ridden at all for Contessa this winter (after seemingly riding all his horses the past few winters), and he's still winning at the same clip. I'd assume that the added (successful) connections that he's made this winter lead him and his agent to conclude that he'll be able to make a go of it when "the big boys" return.