Had the Kentucky Derby been adjudicated like a normal allowance race, Sunday Silence would have been disqualified for nearly putting Northern Wolf over the rail. This is a fact, right from the mouth of former NYRA steward manny Gilman.

When Charlie tried to train SS at Belmont, NYRA said "FU. You don't live here, so you can't train here". So if you reverse these 2 instances, SS might still have a 3-1 edge at the finish line. However, I would like to see the TG figs for both of these horses in their matchups. I'll bet EG has better numbers, and in my opinion, he was the better horse.


No triple crown winner has been based outside of NY. Affirmed was the only asterik as he ran at Saratoga as a 2yo and then shipped out to CA. The fact that Afleet Alex had a race or 2 over the Belmont strip as a 2yo was a big plus for him.

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop on Ritchie, though. His rep at Delaware has always been that of a drug trainer. Maybe with all the talk about the super trainers going on, maybe they let him slip thru the cracks, being from Delaware, where racing is not taken seriously.