Lost in the Fog/cancer

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

These guys thought that he had no excuse in his last race. They simply thought that he was overmatched and that was why he finished where he did. They thought that that was the best he is capable of running. They were totally wrong. He ran as bad as he did because of the football-sized tumor. I'm not saying whether or not he would have won the race. I'm simply saying that the horse did not fire and now we know why. I don't know if it cost him 5 lengths or 10 lengths but I think it is pretty obvious that as huge as the tumor is right now, that it was certainly affecting him last month.

If you guys don't think that a tumor this size was affecting him last month, you need your heads examined. Ask any vet or any trainer and they will tell you that this has certainly been affecting him for some time. It's not an exact science. They couldn't tell you that it was costing him 2 lengths eight months ago and 4 lengths four months ago. They couldn't tell you anything like that but they could certainly tell you that it had a huge effect on him last month. Knowing the size of it right now, we know that it was very advanced a month ago.

Enough already, Rupe.

If you're going to use this illness to "explain" his losses ... when does it stop? Do you go back to his loss to Carthage ... or all the way back to the BC Sprint ... and if so, how do you explain the ten-race winning streak?

Let it lie ... and hope the horse comes out OK.