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Originally Posted by MaTH716
In AK and Shack you are talking about horses that had 4 & 5 career starts going into the Derby. Now you are talking about them racing for the 3rd time in 5 weeks. Is it a bit excessive for a young lightly raced horse? I don't know what the right answer is , like I said maybe I have been influenced by the light schedules that many of the older horses have taken over the last couple of years.
As far as the purse goes, there are plenty of big ones in the summer as well.
I guess it might be an interesting poll question. What would you do if you were the owner of AK, Shack or MMM? Would you race for the 3rd time in 5 weeks or would you give your horse a break before prepping for the mid summer derbys and an eventual trip to the BC.
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To me, I can see Animal Kingdom with his running style going in the Belmont, Shackleford is a more difficult question, on the one hand I don't see him getting 12 furlongs, on the other hand I think Woody Stevens, who knew a bit about winning the Belmont, use to say it was a speed horse's race. Mucho Macho Man is a younger horse and should not run in the Belmont, he will be much more a factor later in the year. I will look long and hard at Master of Hounds again but his connections are idiots in my opinion...