classhandicapper wrote:

> beyer,
>
> I saw your notes on BR posted here right after the Wood.
>
> Combine that 111 with the fact that he was loose against Grade
> 3 animals that day and had never been tested in any prior race.

The preceding isn't entirely true. He was tested in the Keeneland Breeders Futurity by Consolidator. When headed he backed up. It looked very similar in the Derby with the exception that he was chasing for awhile and they didn't go by him as fast because pace and bounce had eliminated most of the good horses.

There was so much hype on that horse, it acutally got to my common sense too. I was gonna bet (save) him for two weeks. Only tossed him the last couple days of deliberation. That was the one positive event of the race. Tossing Bellamania saved me money. Wish I'd seen Tgraphs Seminar before the race. Never was gonna win, but would have saved quite a bit more by down factoring Bandini.


> Suddenly his performance in a fast paced Derby running wide
> doesn't look so difficult to comprehend. He didn't run that
> poorly in the Derby.



Post Edited (05-10-05 08:37)