Lethal Heat to run twice @ the Breeders? Trainer loses marbles!

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California conditioner Barry Abrams claims he'll enter filly Lethal Heat in both the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
 
Cross entering a horse in the world of Thoroughbred horse racing in it self is not all that unusual. Connections frequently opt to keep their options open right up until the very last minute by entering horses in multiple races. Sometimes these entries are even made for the same-day at two different tracks miles apart from each other.  
 
A trainers reasons for cross entry can be plentiful, but all relate to the trainers unwavering desire to seeking out an edge. An edge he/she estimates will give their charge the upper hand.
 
Weather, competition, purse money and footing make up just a few of the most common factors strung together by a trainer trying to explain their horses defection from one race and subsequent start in another.
 
And that bring me back to Barry Abrams. A man who has been involved in the racing business as a trainer of one kind or another for thirty-years. Abrams started his career as a Standard-bred trainer & driver at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey before moving his attention to Thoroughbreds in 90'. Well training for the stable of Roger Stein, Abrams quickly took hold of California Thoroughbred racing and was on his own by 93'. Abrams has collected over $5,000,000 in purse earning over the past two racing seasons lead by a quintet of fillies sired by Unusual Heat, a sire co-owned by Abrams himself.
 
Enough with the history lesson already!
 
Sorry I got a little carried away. I was not intending for this to be a life & times bio of Barry Abrams.
 
My intent was to discuss Abrams recent comments regarding Lethal Heat, a filly Abrams plans to enter in both the Breeders' Cup Turf and the BC Ladies Classic.
 
So what's the big deal? I thought you said this type of co-entry was not out of the ordinary?
 
Entering a horse for two races on back to back days isn't that unusual. Running a horse in two races on back to back days is.
 
Abrams says that if Lethal Heat is exposed to Zenyatta during the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic on Friday November 6th and does not fire, he would consider running her less then twenty-four hours later in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. 
 
"What can I say? I wanna win the Breeders Cup"
 
I have a great deal of respect for Barry & his horses, however sighting the accent past as your argument for running Lethal Heat on back to back days just doesn't cut mustard.
 
"I go back in history, the history of Thoroughbred racing"
 
"These horses are durable they can do it, it's been done before"
 
"the greatest trainer in the world have done it, run back to back"
 
It looks to me like Barry is making his own argument for why he should avoid this public relations nightmare, but it's this last line that really makes me squirm.
 
"It's unusual in the modern ages, but it's not unusual in the old time"
 
It's not unusual in the old times? are you kidding me? Neither was wiping your ass with a leaf but I don't see us all rushing out to brush up on our knowledge of poison oak.
 
Before anybody has a chance to get as worked up as I am regarding Abrams comments, let this reporter be the first to assure each and every one of you that their is zero possibility that the folks at Santa Anita would let this happen, especially in broad daylight with all the cameras on @ the Breeders' Cup.
 
Zoltan Black