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					Originally Posted by  Pants II
					 
				 
				I do like the horse and would do 1000 cartwheels a day if I had the opportunity to own him. 
 
I'm disappointed in the layoff.  I don't think Chrome is the type of horse that benefits from them.  But then again I could be wrong. 
 
We'll see. 
			
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 I think after the Belmont and considering his rant, Coburn and Co. decided that they'll be danged if they're gonna take a seasoned horse against fresh ones again and that they were gonna be the fresh horse next time. A complete lack of understanding of how some horses need freshening like that and some thrive on work. Sherman's just doing the best he can with these guys. I do find it doubtful he'd have chosen this route (prep #/spacing) for Chrome on his own, but I also doubt he'd admit that. Wouldn't wanna lose face or insult the owners.