Spoke to someone late yesterday who is in the know in Bluegrass area and they said the deal is in the works. With his pedigree his value is between $15M-$18M today after recent Grade One win. The upside of winning a Derby or even a Triple Crown is $25M. Not enough financial upside potential and too much Risk Regression to the downsideto keep running him.

The Derby and Triple Crown Trophys and prestige are meaningless to these groups. Baffert will be coy and say he intends to run him next year at 3. But its on good word. You have seen this one run for rhe last time. Its off to the Breeding Shed....