How can anyone play a horse, recommend a horse, that in his last race did not gallop out? Everyone knows this horse has been receiving attention for a splint on his front leg. Guess everyone has forgotten "How Big Brown was pulled up in the Belmont" same "Drunk" same jock? Just how long does "iced" legs last on Derby Day, with hoopla and fanfare and 1 hour or more intermissions between races, saddling in the Rose Garden Paddock, singing "My Old Kentucky Home" loading 20 into the Starting Gates, I'm sure that leg icing will certainly last through that. and then a mile and a quarter against some of the best 3yo in the Country?
Good Jockeys will always find a way to win, if it's a slop on Saturday Derby then watch Borail come up the rail where nobody will ride. Certainly not Leppy! Castallano will try but will not have enough in the tank, better fit would have been Pimlico. Johnny V a favorite rider, a money jock, with a nose for the wire, he infinately always seems to come out of the clouds in situations like these in this years Derby he will definitely be in the hunt. Class rider Mick Smith, has not ridden in the past for Baffert, but Baffert has more than a horse in this this race, he has a horse named after his son Bode! Makes a big difference, so he calls on a big gun, a hall of fame rider, who has consistently been there before. Leppy has the horse, he's a grand powerful display of power, will Leppy ride for the title and the win in my mind is a question that only he can answer. In the past Leppy has been exceedingly leary of the rail and he does not engage, seems as though he rides in fear, especially against the best riders? Daddy should be rolling on the end, weather GoGo can catch them only remains to be seen, but you can be confident that Garrett will put him in position to make the best try..
Who was up on him is the question ? stion and the news. If Peter Brett was up then he may as well take out a Jock licensesnse
Pletcher a.k.a. "Butcher" a.k.a. "Lukas Jr." took undefeated Uncle Mo back to Pmm last year and the travel and cold to warm after becoming acclimated got the Big Horse sick, so sick he almost died. Now the "Butcher" who when giving out brains, thought they said trains and said I'll take a slow one." Does it again!war
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Hesitant, that's putting it politely. He is just plain scared. He's afraid of the inside. Julian will need to workout his own issues. But, I don't think they should be at the expense of a horse who has the ability to win the Triple Crown.
The only thing that can beat Union Rags today would be "Julian"? Everyone knows that he is riding in fear with each and every mount. He won't menace, he won't go between horses, he won't go to the rail. He will lay up, watch everything from the rear, then in the turn for home he will travel a path on the "OUTSIDE"of horses. Take Charge Indy will control the pace in the race and could swell with courage being left on the front end, if the timing is not perfect, the Big Horse may just get headed at the wire.
He is now gone, I do not think he will ever race again.......he is the Third victim of the "Butcher"(Todd Pletcher) Eskandreya, Uncle Mo, and now Algorithims. When will these Millionaires learn?If you have a nice colt, don't send him to "Butcher".
The "Nation" knows it is just a matter of time?
You should not have thrown your FORM away for SA. Amazombie beats The Factor and your horse Sway Away.