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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat
Agree on Sea the Stars, Archi is out. 
"Archipenko has a swollen fetlock joint and we’ve really had no option. This is even more aggravating because his preparation for the Eclipse has been great. He was doing excellent work and would have had a winning chance." - MdK
Sea the Stars / Cima de Triomphe / Conduit or Rip |
That's certainly made Sea The Stars' job much more easy (if a Gr1 race can be easy). The likes of Conduit are beatable and have question marks, but a horse like Archipenko had nothing to prove and we all knew he is very good. Conduit still has to prove he's out of the top drawer in my opinion. I know he won the BC turf, but to me he's a stayer, not a ten furlong horse. I think Sea The Stars (Gr1 winner over a mile) will have too much toe for him, and on fast ground (it's been baking hot here all week), that is something else that is very much in Sea The Stars' favour.