The real irony of his rail against the Triple Crown is that Coburn implies that its just not fair to race against the fresh horses because of the race spacing. That was NOT his story last week when he was winning the race, had unbelievable foresight, was making history and was still annoyed with the bad hospitality in Louisville.
You have to enter these races and if Coburn thought he was doing something that was not in the best interests of his horse then shame on him. If he ever thought it was too much for Chrome then he should have pulled back and regrouped for Saratoga or some other meet.
Clement brought his horse along nicely this year and when we wasn't ready for the Wood he developed a new goal and got it done - end of story. After he won, Clement was nothing but professional.
Coburn should tip his big ol Cowboy hat to Clement for lessons learned in horsemanship and media relations.
