Street Sense Number

[Revolution]

Originally Posted by Cardus

It is not only not the dumbest thing you've ever heard -- or, in this case, seen -- but something to take seriously. Twenty years ago, maybe I'd agree. Horses were more resilient then. Today, they embody brilliant characteristics and react severely to such juvenile efforts. This factor is mentioned at every Ragozin seminar that I have attended: a three-year-old who never gets back to his two-year-old top.

Who knows more Ragozin or a Kentucky Derby winning horseman? That horse will get all the rest he needs and come back stronger than ever. Maybe he is just a really nice horse.

Look at some of the figures for Smarty Jones early in his career. Didn't hurt him.