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Originally Posted by PPerfectfan
Look the fact of the matter is, the bar shoe is a factor. I dont care how Pletcher tried to spin it, if you have to train your horse in a bar shoe, its because there is a problem with his feet. And to have that happen, on the biggest racing day, in the biggest field of his life,,,,,,Its a problem! And he ran like I thought he would.
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Exactly.
IMO, this horse has little to no chance of even making it to the Belmont. He isn't a mile and a half type of horse anyway, but his performance in the Derby was so bad that it shouldn't even warrant a try from a trainer like Todd Pletcher. If he does run in the Belmont, he will be an easy toss.
Before the Derby, Todd Pletcher said that the horse had been working in 'bar shoes' or 'similar' for a long time. Pletcher is notorious for statements like these and this particular statement most likely meant that Todd Pletcher had been working him in similar type shoes until he recently switched him to bar shoes. The significance of this was that the horse's feet had not been right for some time and that the condition of them was most likely deteriorating. He was an easy toss in the Derby based on this.