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Originally Posted by Sightseek
I've spoken with Frankel about Sightseek and you really can't believe how much admiration and love he had for her so I can understand that he'd want to end her career on a brilliant note than possibly recreate her lack of efforts in California. That kind of approach isn't going to win Eclipse awards, but he did what he thought was right for such a wonderful horse.
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Yeah, I know he loved her but he still wasn't honest about things. He had said plenty of times that he wanted to skip the BC with her because of the makeup of the track. I can respect that. If you think it's a situation that won't allow her to do her best, don't put her in it. But what bothered me was how at the end, he started saying he would run her there but then he ran her in the Beldame. Running her in the Beldame wasn't the problem. It was saying afterwards that before the race, he knew she only had one more race in here. Well, if you knew that, then why go in the Beldame instead of the BC? All of this wasn't that big a deal but for me, it just came off disingenious (sp) all of his talk about really considering the BC. Same feeling I got with Mineshaft.
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