let us know after the race, when you've made up your mind.

(by the way, the answer is, 'no'.)

as for the sale, I believe russell's business was bleeding badly, and he needed the cash.
there were other lookers, but no takers, so I guess they were as 'dumb' as russell.
the fact is, he could have sold the horse a lot quicker, and for a lot more w/o the bone chips --- but that's horse racing.
springer said that every day he checked on him in the barn might have been the day when they had to stop on him.

it's real easy to look back in retrospect and second guess every time some sale wins the derby, but how many horses get sold at a big price and don't do jack?
those aren't the ones they write about.