jmbo66 Wrote:
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> Nobody should be too
> surprised that he ran up the track.

Jimbo I agree until here. There are a lot of people surprised. ALLDAY was gushing how good he was doing. Former mentor D Wayne said "He has him right where he wants him". TVG was peeing in their drawers over the confidence gushing from Johnny V and TP.

It was a Big Punch Bowl of bad Kool-aid and I drank it too. To your point whatever the standard was for dreadful efforts by a Derby Winner Pletcher just set it. 50 years ago was pre-medication.

I think this seriously puts a dent in his future Eclipse Awards. Numbers alone don't indicate a Horseman. The Trainers Manual he read as a young Boy has left this Chapter out. And he still hasn't figured it out....