I'm with Joe. None of this will make you feel better 66, but WILKO is interesting to me because he ran so much on grass as a 2yo.

Maybe it's possible to get the elusive "bottom" by running more on grass, which may be less stressful, especially as a 2yo. This is a training angle that I don't hear about as much as timing and preps. Seems like an imaginative campaign could be set up with a fast 2yo to try to preserve him a bit with a few grass tries before moving onto the more punishing dirt races.

PEACE RULES ran a bit on grass as a 2yo as well, but off the top of my head I don't recall too many (besides some Euros) who have done this up to the Derby. It's possible that the Euros have other issues (inadequete or badly timed preps...).

But Wilko ran like 40 times on grass as a 2yo...so he's...unique. Should be at least 30-1 off this one... That ground loss should do something for his figure... If he does anything in the Derby you can come to my GRASS RACING PREPS FOR DERBY-BOUND 2YOs seminar.

HP