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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
Had Silver Charm seen Touch Gold, Touch Gold would have won the race, the same as he did.
Had Touch Gold had a proper trip in the Preakness, Touch Gold would have won two thirds of the triple crown.
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No he wouldn't have. Silver Charm at the end of the Belmont was a horse that thought he'd done what he had to do and nobody else was coming.
Regarding Zayat and the Travers push, it baffled me that a horse with his issues before that race would've been flown back anywhere. Horses like being home, I get it, and Baffert wants to see him regularly with his own eyes, but I'm not a fan of treating them like transcontinental yo-yos even though I see it work. Just feels like unnecessary stress to frequently ship East, run, then ship right back, but maybe I'm just projecting my own thoughts of jet lag (Probably am, it's not like Baffert isn't successful doing it). After illness #1, I assumed they'd wait for a later race as the Travers was an obvious no-go. Then they try to make it. That was a bizarre call. Steve's right. I don't pat Zayat on the back when I think about how Paynter's doing. I mentally give Paynter a pat on the neck for being alive.