Ohio racing is dead and Magna has done ZERO to support or improve it. Hopefully, Magna doesn't get Franks hands on New York Racing. Sorry about the rant but living here and having to use Thistledowns facilities is sheer tourture.

Not surprisingly not one horse in the race qualified for the top weight of 124 lbs. Second stringers, heck these are mostly third stringers. I really like the local connections for Straight Line and the horse appears to have returned to his 2-year old form. But the race comes down to the Todd Pletcher question, how much does MG impove? How much of Pletcher mojo will be at work?