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George Washington was all washed up as a sire by the time he lost his life.
Indeed he ran quite respectfully the previous year at 3 to warrant another try but a sloppy track did it's worst.
Coolmore have heard of the race, that is all we need to know.
The timing is such that it may be the best time to catch the Triple Crown participants after a long Spring campaign for them.

No.
There was a famous match in 1923 between Derby winner Papyrus and Kentucky Derby Zev.
Papyrus had been struck into in St Leger so had quite an injury when shipped to USA.
The match was arranged for October but the going was sloppy.
Zev wore mud caulks in his shoes for grip while Papyrus wore regular racing plates.
Zev won easily.
The big problem with Saratoga, imo is that with Belmont Park closed the Saratoga season starts this week instead of early July.
Will the racetrack take that much extra racing , or will there be a greater injury risk ?

<blockquote data-quote="edgt" data-source="post: 2679552" data-attributes="member: 65887">George Washington was all washed up as a sire by the time he lost his life.Indeed he ran quite respectfully the previous year at 3 to warrant another try but a sloppy track did it&#039;s worst.Coolmore have heard of the race, that is all we need to know.The timing is such that it may be the best time to catch the Triple Crown participants after a long Spring campaign for them.No.There was a famous match in 1923 between&nbsp; Derby winner Papyrus and Kentucky Derby Zev.Papyrus had been struck into in St Leger so had quite an injury when shipped to USA.The match was arranged for October but the going was sloppy.Zev wore mud caulks in his shoes for grip while Papyrus wore regular racing plates.Zev won easily.The big problem with Saratoga, imo is that with Belmont Park closed the Saratoga season starts this week instead of early July.Will the racetrack take that much extra racing , or will there be a greater injury risk ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="edgt, post: 2679552, member: 65887"] George Washington was all washed up as a sire by the time he lost his life. Indeed he ran quite respectfully the previous year at 3 to warrant another try but a sloppy track did it's worst. Coolmore have heard of the race, that is all we need to know. The timing is such that it may be the best time to catch the Triple Crown participants after a long Spring campaign for them. No. There was a famous match in 1923 between Derby winner Papyrus and Kentucky Derby Zev. Papyrus had been struck into in St Leger so had quite an injury when shipped to USA. The match was arranged for October but the going was sloppy. Zev wore mud caulks in his shoes for grip while Papyrus wore regular racing plates. Zev won easily. The big problem with Saratoga, imo is that with Belmont Park closed the Saratoga season starts this week instead of early July. Will the racetrack take that much extra racing , or will there be a greater injury risk ? [/QUOTE]

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