Thorograph needs some applause for the numbers on Nearly. He backed up 4 points in a come home 5/16ths in 34:1 while drawing away by 5 3/4. It was an Optical Illusion. The ascending Beyers. The Romping Gulfstream wins. Somebody fell for it. A lot of people fell for it. He opened at 1/5!!

I was getting blitzed pretty good. Bet Chief straight up and he ran well but the goal is being forced here. I would not forge on to the Derby.

Renegade was unbelievable. Commandment was solidly improving. Well bred for distance. Good connections. Wins Fountain of Youth, ready to win the Florida Derby. And the Nations Best Jockey leaves town and goes to Oaklawn. Something was up. And boy was it ever. Anything close to this kind of acceleration at the Top of the Lane on the 1st Saturday on May and there is your Derby winner. Forget the clock, Look at the drone footage. This was NOT an Optical Illusion. It's still Pletcher in the Derby (his stats and bounces are brutal) and Repole has every kind of Jinx possible.

And Churchill still has their last ditch Firewall if Mr Renegade or Mr Disruptor is particularly obnoxious that week with his anti 100 years of failure and anti status quo positions. And if Pletcher himself personally can't screw it up. Repole will now have a bigger platform. a voice that's heard. An even bigger Global Stage! So the call will come from Upstairs or the Deep State Jockey Club Establishment to the Vets to get over there and find us a Quarter Crack. A Skin Creme. An open empty bottle of alcohol, an inhaler, in a trash can 200 yards away from the barn. Anything. Because there is no way they are letting Mike in that Derby Winners Circle, just like they did with Jason Servis. ....



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