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Originally Posted by Sightseek
This is such a bunch of b.s. and why we have paper tiger Champions.
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Agree. See my avatar, for example.
Injuries happen all the time. It may be tempting to attribute an injury to a training decision, but I don't think that conclusion would bear up under any rigorous scrutiny. IWR was looking great in training leading up to the Derby, according to Mike Welch. The Pamplemousse and Quality Road also missed the Derby due to injuries, as did Midshipman and Vineyard Haven. Did all of those horses race too much?
Was Rachel Alexandra's Oaks run all that much more exerting than a workout?
--Dunbar