Kind of unfortunate to me in two ways:

1) In a normal year, the loss of Derby points in the Ark Derby would probably
result in Charlatan being excluded from the Kentucky Derby. This year Charlatan
will have plenty of opportunities to regain the points he will lose if
disqualified.

2) The Teflon Trainer will escape relatively unscathed. He will continue to be
entrusted with top quality bloodstock. Because he is who he is, the sanctioning
bodies will not connect the dots, looking at past infractions and incidents and
concluding that said trainer has, for years, operated in the gray areas.

Baffert trained Midnight Lute, who won the Breeders Cup Sprint at Monmouth, I
think in 2008. As a stallion, Midnight Lute has sired 1324 turf starters with 7
turf stakes winners. Midnight Lute had two turf stakes winners over the
weekend: Smooth Like Strait in the War Chant at CD and Keeper Of the Stars in
the Gazelle at SA