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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Thanks...I know the Douglas MacAurthur was scheduled for opening day at Belmont, as it always is. I also know that it is not an " overnight " stake. The race I am referring to was run at Saratoga, the track you claimed the Woodward was the only race for Funny Cide, and I pointed out that the overnight stake, at SARATOGA, was another, and more realistic, option.
If Funny Cide ran in the race at Saratoga that he belonged in, the overnight stake and not the Woodward where he had no chance, he would have been a big favorite and probably would have won. So what if he lost. It isn't as though anybody actually considers him a top horse anymore. The idea in placing horses is to find spots that if they run their best races they can win. If he ran the best race he is capable of NOW in the Woodward he might have been fifth.
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The owners chose the Woodward and had their Funny Cide day. Everyone knows that. Tagg chose this race with the Empire Classic in mind on October 21. The owners had the Hawthorne race in mind. They still do according to the Funny Cide website. This race gives him plenty of time and a race on the track at the same distance, with 5 weeks rest for the race.