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Uncouple the couplings

By Bill Finley
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Anyone who was paying attention knew that Music Note was unlikely to return to top form in her 2009 debut, Saturday's Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont. In, at least for horse racing, a refreshing display of candor, assistant trainer Rick Mettee all but told horseplayers that Music Note wasn't ready to run her best in the Phipps. Here's what he had to say to Daily Racing Form's David Grening leading up to the race after an important workout: "Usually she gallops out a lot better. That's unlike h ...

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