Silver Charm wrote:

> There were plenty of both in the last couple of days but we
> will be brief.
>
> Winners:
>
> Two-Year Old Racing. All you had to do was see the explosive
> quick move Alex made in the Sanford opening Friday ar Saratoga
> last year to know he was areal runner. The distance question
> started then (half to Unforgettable Max) and was still going
> strong until about 3 hours ago.

Silver, hes a FULL to Unforgettable Max. But Max is a good mile to 8.5 mark horses at two turns and thats where they should be running him.

results
> sometimes can be disregarded because of field size and trips.
> Horse who had promising springs were beaten several poles again
> today proving the stress of boths races, competition, big
> fields and crowds, were more than they could handle.

Good Point. Solid 2YO foundation is looking more important all the time.

>
> Winners:
>
> Underrrated unknown jockeys. First we had Stu Elliot on Smarty,
> JJ on Ghostzapper, Friday Eibar on Eddington, and now J Rose on
> Alex. Plenty of backstabbers were out there trying to muscle
> these guys off but the connections stuck to them and they came
> thru. Other lessor name guys owe them a beer.
>
> Losers:
>
> Big Name Jocks. With some of the recent butcher jobs provided
> by Stevens and Desormeaux (Derby) and Bailey both races.

I need a Preakness isolation on Bailey, its possible High Fly just didn't want to run today that Derby effort was a sapper.

> Loser:
>
> The Zito Juggernaut. In 15 days it has collapsed faster than
> the Taliban. He is a tough guy, he'll be back.

He'll be back with some of these same horses. High Fly is not done. Sun King needs to one turn mile. He's wasting him until he figures that one out. Bellamania has a Ohio and Pennsylvania Derby future but he's got to get him out there to do it.