Jim P,
My point on the nasal strip is that the New Yorkers changed a rule for this horse because he would contend for the Triple Crown.
What you think the powers that be in NY would have said if the connections of Ride on Curlin had said, "if ROC doesn't wear the strip, we won't run."
They would have told them to take a hike.
The rule was changed for one horse. No other way to look at it.
