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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

They are always gunna make fun of this horse.I would just like for his last race to be a Graded Stakes Win. If he runs 4th or 5th in a race,and is retired,then you just give the savages more tool to cut with.

The reason that I don't think it would be wise to retire him is because he still might be able to accomplish some good things. Like I said before, I am not a real big fan of the horse, but look at the classic division this year! If Lava Man has a bad race (or hits the wall again like he did last year) in the PC, there really is not any reason that Giacomo couldn't win the race.
People describe him as a G3 horse, and maybe he is, but how many true "G1" horses are there in the classic division this year? Not a lot by any measure. Personally I think Flower Alley is the class of the division, but that one has run just once in the last 9 months. I don't think it is outside the realm of possibility that some horse who people would normally classify as a "G3 caliber" horse will finish first or second in the BCC this year. Could that be Giacomo? As I said earlier, I wouldn't bet on it, but it certainly is possible. Let's say they keep running the horse and he finishes 2nd in the Pacific Classic and then 3rd in the BCC (which might be possible). Wouldn't it have then been a wise decision to keep him running?