That camp is fueling the fire in regard to the Uncle Mo guessing game.
Some secret surgery that was a horribly kept secret this winter if true - grabbing the quarter at the start - now he had the sh!ts.
I'd buy this more if he put in a classic 'non-effort' - but I don't think he did.
You think of non-effort - you think of like Afleet Alex in the Rebel when he got beat a football field with no visable excuse - they said lung infection and he was back training right away.
Secretariat ran a Ragozin of 12 in the Wood Memorial - he ran a Ragozin of just 11 in his 3yo comeback race. He went from being 2yo Horse of the Year to six months later - having the Churchill racing Sec. assign Sham highweight over him in the Ky Derby Mythical Handicap weight assignments.... an impossible fall from grace - with a magical form turnaround coming from taking care of a tooth abcess.
How can anyone put Uncle Mo 3rd or 4th on their exotic tickets? How can anyone playing exotics not use him in the win slot?
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