Aidan O'Brien must not think much of his 3yos this year. Treasure Beach was only narrowly beaten in the Epsom Derby before winning the Irish Derby. Normally, you'd expect him to go for the King George or Juddmonte International.
Instead, he wheeled the colt back in less than 3 weeks in France where he finished unplaced. Now he winds up here, easily the most accomplished Euro ever to start in the Secretariat.
His Irish 2000 Guineas winner, Roderic O'Connor, was also mentioned for this race earlier this week. He was well beaten in his other classic starts this year and was also unplaced in that same French race that Treasure Beach started in most recently. I figured he had a big "For Sale" sign around his neck and would show up at Arlington, but obviously that's not the case.
Maybe if he didn't simply throw sh!t against the wall, these high dollar, well-meant horses might actually reach maximum potential.
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