I believe you misread the comments about Zito and how he is training his horses this year (or I misread it).

Zito's OLD PATTERN was that his horses would come out slow and work their forward during the campaign. He used to be a total throwout with 1st time starters and horses off layoffs.

However, he has CHANGED his style recently. His horses are now firing fresh and early in the campaign and it remains to be seen how this will affect his horses as they get a few races under their belt.

Sun King fired a "0" first time out. He reacted in the Tampa Bay Derby. I think the ROTW was pointing out that the "0" is a good indication of how Zito has changed his training style a bit.

I for one, will be very surprised if the horse runs a negative number on Saturday.

I also don't understand your read on High Limit's pattern. He ran very fast first time out, backed up slightly second time out, both races easy handridden wins. First time out this year, he pairs his 2-year old top, again under a confident ride, pulling away from overmatched rivals. As Jerry has pointed out, it looks like Frankel is handling him care, intentionally a light campaign, hoping to peak in the Derby. If has any progression from 2 to 3, we should see it on Saturday, and he SHOULD run a negative opinion, in my mind.

The morning line odds are bad, by the way. Sun King goes off the favorite. I would lay 2-1 on that......