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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
However, Drysdale had him working long and slow, which was typical of him back then. He was just about the lowest % trainer off a layoff back then on that circuit. I did bet him in his comeback race, but I was not comfortable seeing that his 'best' work coming back for that race was 7f in around 1:30, with the rest even slower.
If you think Present Value was a better horse than Rahy you are nuts.
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Off his Bel Air, Rahy was clearly a superior sprinter-miler. I suppose Drysdale's intent was to get him to stretch out, but the horse simply wasn't good enough. He wasn't gonna beat anything of quality (Present Value or otherwise) around two turns.
I would guess he had some soundness issues as well, given his Van Winkle-like 2 month layoff (not to mention his countless lead changes down the lane of both the Bel Air and Goodwood).