[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Pletcher has publicly stated that WAW does not like an off turf course. This is one reason why he sent the horse out west. It isnt by coincedence that she hasnt run on anything other than a firm turf. It is because Pletcher feels she is at her best on a firm course. Again, this is coming from the trainer.

Pletcher may have said this but then I do have to ask the question of how would he know this to be fact if she's never raced on it? It goes back to the same question I had of Michael Matz saying Barbaro needed all of that time between starts. How could he know that he performed best with more time between starts if he never ran him on short rest? It's just like when people keep saying that a horse is not the same class on dirt as he is on grass (George Washington) and he's never run on the dirt to know this. I understand that the trainers are the ones that should know their animals better than we do but sometimes, I believe they are just guessing. I'm sure that Pletcher probably came to that conclusion by the way she must have worked on softer ground but working and racing are two different things. And then for her to have worked on a yielding course now and he say how great she worked is even more confusing. I get the feeling that he was sort of surprised by it himself because he had probably convinced himself that she preferred a firm course.