He may well need a break after these recent efforts. I have no doubt that the connections will do right by the horse.

In the Santa Anita Derby, even though it was only a 5 horse field, Rispoli managed to get this horse in a horrible spot on the rail entering the far turn. He exchanged several leans and bumps with Barnes to his outside and was clearly uncomfortable. Rispoli had to vigorously ride him to finally get him off the rail and in the clear where he responded with an impressive outside move on the turn for the win.
In the Derby. he had a slow break. lost his path in traffic , and ended up in a very tight spot into the first turn. He finally found an open spot on the backstretch and after guided off the rail, he made a very strong wide move to the wire.

In my opinion, he has shown a lot of GRIT with less than ideal trips in his recent races.