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Originally Posted by Kasept
I think he was mismanaged. The sudden ship to California for the Sham, taking him off dirt, was one of the most ridiculous recent decisions on a Derby Trail. He was making steady progress, having leaped forward in that first start at three, and Pletcher sends him to the new surface which promptly dulled his form and likely got him muscle sore from the synthetic. It's been downhill from there culminating with Saturday's pop and stop. One proviso on the criticism here is that it may well have been partly or all Jack Wolf's call to go out West.
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Agreed. Pretty hard to develop into a top horse when you get shuttled around in your developmental stage. Hard to tell how good he is/ could have been by now with a steady course. He didn't look like a contender in the Preakness but he had every right to run a more competitive race.
The Preakness was also very tough on that "chasing" group of horses.