As expected Crist is the man about the girl

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

People are very unforgiving of losses. Look at how many people (stupidly) point out that she barely held on in the Preakness. Jackson isn't caring about the breeding value - floundering on a surface because you said "why the hell not" isn't going to earn you any extra points.

Look through the list of the Top 100 of all time - how many of those horses were specific to ONE surface. Are any of us thinking any less of them because of it? I sure hope the hell not.

Who cares what "people" say? She is a mare, she has no real value anyway because he would never sell her.

Looking through the top 100 makes you realize that most werent around when there were multiple surfaces. Hell turf racing in this country didnt become widespread till the 50's. And on that list are some who not only ran on two surfaces but excelled. Like Secretariat, Round Table, John Henry, Dr. Fager are 4 off the top of my head. Asking her to compete on poly is not such a stretch.