Rich Curtis Wrote:
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> Yes, you have to feel for Baffert. He must have
> been sorely tempted to give his 3YOs only a
> half-dose of juice for the Derby, Preakness, and
> Belmont, and try to finish 2nd, while risking a
> win that would have brought him attention, which
> he has always shunned.

That's a fair point, Rich. I think that was a savvy move on the part of the notoriously publicity-shy BB to remain under the radar, and hide his light under the bushel of winning four stakes races, some by daylight, on one of racing's biggest days of the year.

As an aside, I'm curious why you've decided to make what, for you, is practically a ubiquitous return to posting, here, after an extended AWOL period. I was always concerned that I might have inadvertently, and probably erroneously, corrected your grammar at some point, which could easily have been the final straw.