Bourbon Courage

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

The horse was entered in spots where you need to enter a 3yo Kitten's Joy colt of his ability...however, Chad Brown certainly imposed his will on that horse, especially in an effort to get him to relax.

First of all, and this is the most important, you have NO idea whether it was Chad or Ken Ramsey that put him in those spots. Secondly, while Bourbon Courage had alternatives, you have to please tell me where Bobby's Kitten should have run ( The Blue Grass was either $750K or $1 million and the Belmont Derby was $1.25 million, and he was hardly a longshot in either spot, whether you, anyone, or I liked him ) instead of those spots. I would actually argue the only race he didn't run in that he should have was the Fourstardave for $500K instead of the Hall of Fame at 1 1/16 miles. He missed no reasonable spots by running in the Blue Grass or Belmont Derby and made the only race that he HAD to be in, the $400K Penn Mile ( one mile by the way....where he jogged ).

Also, you put him in the same sentence with Bourbon Courage, who passed many lucrative spots he was suited to, for many races he had little to no chance. That comparison is flat out indefensible.