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Originally Posted by Merlinsky
It's never an isolated case. Someone else just caught 'stupid'. Folks shook their heads when Mine That Bird was a 'go' and now, it's officially an epidemic. Atomic Rain, if he has the earnings at a nauseatingly low $77,500 from his Remsen placing, is set to go per Kelly Breen of West Side Bernie fame. They're waiting to find out if 4 horses drop out by the looks of it. I'm guessing they don't make it but the fact that they're trying....
Look I know we can't innoculate people from Derby Fever but surely there's like a flu shot thingy where you can get a mild version of it ahead of time right? All Atomic Rain has done is break his maiden. What's his highest Beyer? Old Fashioned got a 100 in the Remsen whilst crushing the aforementioned Atomic Rain. (Yes I'm aware Hold Me Back was in that race but there's all sorts of questions about the form he had there so who knows if you can hold HMB to it.)
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Anyone that invests money in horse-racing and has an opportunity to run in the derby should take it. A shot in the dark,probably, but if you can get in then you deserve to get in because you spent the money. I'm know many horses over the last few years are in the race because their owners want to say they owned a derby horse and have little chance to win. But if the new or small time owners don't get a chance then why in the hell follow a dream and invest in the game at all.