'Chad Brown solid off layoffs so the Fountain of Youth blemish looms large.'

I think there is enough documented info from Chad that he is treating Good Magic sightly different then some of his older horses off the bench. He firmly believes horse will be best third off bench and they are bringing him along. He was disappointed with his GP performance but I don't think we should be with the number he produced off the bench. He also took a nice step forward second off bench which proves Brown is tightening him up (a lot of brown's don't move forward much second off bench). As a thoro handicapper we should love his Bluegrass performance=Slow brisnet and Beyer which should keep the public off. Unlike some of the past horses the thoro has landed on(such as last year where I felt the horse was a better 1 turn horse) this horse is proven two turn winner with breeding from Curlin and Hard Spun. He has only improved slightly from last year (and curlins improve with age) and he has a perfect running style for the derby. I can see a top in derby and if the baffert horse doesn't get things his way Magic is very very logical.