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[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Kasept

A perfect first race back off a 6 month break in a setting/assignment not suited to his style. And, on top of that, better than even Jimmy Jerkens had expected.

I was talking about his races there last year. He was running very well in New York. Then he went down to Gulfstream and ran 4th and then 9th. Then he came back to NY and won the Wood Memorial.

Jerkens said the horse didn't like Gulfstream:

"Still, Jerkens was hopeful. The horse had been training “super,” he said, and as Wicked Strong didn’t appear to like the Gulfstream Park surface, Jerkens made the call to ship him home to New York to run in the Wood."

“It was a big surprise that he didn’t run too well in Florida,” said Centennial’s Little after the race on Saturday, “but we took into account that that track wasn’t to his liking, and as soon as he got back [to New York] last Sunday, he settled in.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/teresage...athon-victims/