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Originally Posted by Danzig
Racing doesnt ruin their.careers. success, breeder demand, and disparity between pursrs ajd stud fees ruins their racing careers. Making easier racing only makes it easier for less hardy animals to do enough to get them into a shed, thus further hurting the breed itself. Two of last years classic winners remain in training.
Its funny, i saw a comment the other day that suggested will take charge would race too much this year.
Hmmm..
Just visited bloodhorse, with articles about verrazano, third in europe, and revolutionary who won the special. Those two, and others in the special ran in last years classics. With breeders going with tried and true studs right now, youre not seeing the demand for fresh faces in the barn...so they stay in training.
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Palace Malice is the only TC race winner from last year that's not retired and he didn't run in all 3 races. Orb and Oxbow are retired. Will Take Charge wasn't competitive in the Preakness (finished 7th) or Belmont (finished 10th). He got beat by a combined 45 lengths in the 3 TC races (although he did have an excuse in the Derby). I was specifying horses that run in all 3 TC races and run well in all 3 races. Verrazano only ran in one TC race.