Then the question becomes if Baffert had been able to get that 3rd prep race for POINT GIVEN, would he have dominated or even won the Belmont??

Love all the pre-KY derby hype, but the Roses are not won in February. Too many things will happen over the next 10 weeks that would have been impossible to see from this point in time. Some 3 yos will show marked improvement in February and March only to plateau in April. Some will show very little in the way of any improvement only to blossom around Wood Memorial/Blue Grass time (see FUNNY CIDE, UNBRIDLED).

All of these races are not Derby preps; they are preps for the next 3yo stakes race.


Good Luck,
Joe B.