I want to follow up with data to prove my point. And I want to repeat this is not a personal dislike for someone. And if what I am about to say hurts then so be it. But if either has another scandal they are done. I repeat done. If I as a CFO cheat on the books to fool a Bank lender or our outside Auditors (I didn't steal money) I am COOKED. And I wont do it.

Pletcher:

Year-Starts-Wins-Earnings
2022-1202-222-$30,300,000
2023-980-186-$27,069,024
2024-800-142-$19,877,016
2025-729-142-$19,187,793
Partial Year
2026-327-56-$8,099,931

I mean I don't know but this looks like a Trend to me. If you double 2026 its barely 650 Starts and 112 Wins and $16,200,000 in Purses. Compare that to 2022. What happened in 2022? Forte tested positive in the Hopeful Stakes. Past Winners have been Regret, Man O'War, Whirlaway, Native Dancer, Secretariat, Affirmed, etc. And in 2022 we have this MASSIVE stain.....

Don't shoot the Messenger here. But those numbers don't lie.