Chris-- yeah. Alan and I started talking about it Friday, and by Sat it was pretty clear with TP (as it was last Travers day), the question was who else. I have gotten behind on doing days with all the Derby stuff so I haven't seen what's going on at Belmont, but I do know favorites have been doing much worse since the detention barn started.

The bad news is that Allday et al will end up playing golf in Florida instead of doing time. The good news is that this could be the beginning of several good things happeneing to the game over the next year or two. FYI, Scott Waterman, who is behind the KY testing, is one of the people I talked to trying to do something about this crap. In his case, he was way ahead of me-- he knew everything before I told him, including every vet and trainer I mentioned.

CH-- pace may very well have been a factor for some, it was hot. But that ain't the big story-- not all the name horses that didn't fire were on or near the lead. Pletcher will be less Godlike going forward in certain jurisdictions, is my guess.

Meanwhile, anybody catch Donna Brothers reporting that AA had been taking to another stall to be hosed down?



TGJB