tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post1196887252762840565..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Notes - May 30Alan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-68251554627217932632007-05-31T14:19:00.000-04:002007-05-31T14:19:00.000-04:00If Street Sense is healthy then why duck a rematch...If Street Sense is healthy then why duck a rematch with Curlin and Hard Spun? The three of them in the Belmont would make for one of the more highly anticipated non-Triple Crown Belmont’s in years. Factor in the possibility of the super filly Rags To Riches the race only gets that much more interesting from every aspect. Of course the entire point is the welfare of the horse and we all get that but if he is healthy then why lay up and wait for the summer to wind him back up again? If not for a tremendous effort in the Preakness stretch by Curlin there would be no doubt that Street Sense would be running in the Belmont. Nafzger had said that Tafel so badly wanted to win the Triple Crown that when they lost at the wire it took a lot out of them and left them totally disappointed. Are we then to believe that if they did win in Baltimore that the Belmont would be contested no matter what the situation, whether Street Sense was 100% or less? Nafzger and Tafel are fine gentlemen and a credit to the sport. But why hold back now? Nafzger has already cut back his workload considerably and is only training the horses of Tafel and one other long time client. Tafel is what, 70, 80 years old? Do they believe another horse like this will come their way? The time is now, to run an excellent horse and give him his fair shot at not only being crowned a champion but becoming a legend. We the fans of thoroughbred racing yearn for and deserve to see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-25001886936092573382007-05-30T12:51:00.000-04:002007-05-30T12:51:00.000-04:00I disagree. If he was running,nobody would questi...I disagree. If he was running,nobody would question it, and they wouldn't need a media conference. I doubt he'll run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-70641878576249437492007-05-30T11:53:00.000-04:002007-05-30T11:53:00.000-04:00Well you were right on with the SS workout, 49 fla...Well you were right on with the SS workout, 49 flat.<BR/><BR/>They will have a media conferance on Thursday to announce the decision. Do not think they would schedule a media conferance to announce he is not running, so looks like a go.<BR/><BR/>Now if someone could talk Todd into running R2R instead of leaving her in the barn to admire, we would have some serious race on our hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com