This has nothing to do with greed. At least not for purse money, LOL. If you think it does then you don't know and don't understand the business, or the sport for that matter. This exclusively has to do with Bowden not wanting the foals excluded via the Gural. He's had numerous conversations with breeders, met with people during the KY sales, and he's getting the temperature of the market landscape. The breeders and the buyers have spoken. As a result of all this, this is all a plan to prep the horse to race against the older horses.
Racing against older horses, even a very brief 4yo racing career, did it hurt Captaintreacherou s? And somehow they syndicated him for $12mm or so. LOL.