Once again, I think it was a great play by you having War Emblem and Proud Citizen yesterday, no matter how you came up with em. Let's face it...you're counting your money now and many of us are reloading, which is all that matters.

I do have a minor grudge however with the track superintendant at Churchill, who year-after-year gets media attention and is regarded as one of the best in the business for his ability to get the main track there to dry out faster than most despite heavy rainfall. Wouldn't you think this track maven could figure out a way to have the track playing fair to all horses for ONE day each year? Why does souping up a track for big days become so important to racetracks these days? Do we care about horses running 6 furlongs in 1:08 and change that much?

Gulfstream Park had been notorious for doing this on Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby days, making it virtually impossible for closers to even be in the exacta, let alone win. They made the track a bit deeper this year, the times were slower, but the track had MUCH fewer big biases this year.

Is the Churchill track super trying to get a Derby winner to run 1:59? Having a strong track bias on Derby day, or Breeders' Cup day, etc. is horrid. Sure, those who recognize the bias are bound to make a few bucks. But how about the horsemen and owners that have their horses pointed to these big races for months that end up having NO chance of contending because a track super took it away from em?

War Emblem was best, and probably would have won on a track without a speed bias yesterday with that kind of soft, easy lead. He didn't need the bias (I believe) to win, but it surely made it MUCH tougher for about 60% of the rest of the field.