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Originally Posted by Smooth Operator
What do you think this is, moron, some pseudo-sport like golf or bowling where old fat guys can still compete with younger dudes on a given day?
All of these equine athletes will eventually lose a step or two if they hang around long enough … especially if they're past the age of five.
Pleasantly Perfect was another high-quality relatively lightly raced animal. Do you believe he was as fast in the latter part of his 6yo campaign as he was as a 5yo?
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Pleasantly Perfect was a bad example. I always thought as much if not more of his 3rd place finish in the BC Classic in 2004 than his win in 2003. He received a dreadful ride from Jerry Bailey in 2004 and was really the only horse who did any running from off the pace in a merry-go-round race.
He also won the Dubai World Cup and Pacific Classic as a 6YO, so saying that he was better as a 5YO is kind of stupid.
NT
06-11-2010, 09:30 AM
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