Be careful with that futures play, chief.

Commentator has tossed back to back -5's [whether he wants another eighth is debatable]. Two Zito shhpeedballs trucking together on the front end together in the BC??? Neither has shown an inclination to rate. And good ol' St. Liam has run two -6's and lost both heats!!!

Historically, 3yo's running big neg numbers rarely, if ever, return to them. Many suffer injuries [look at the group that went in the Derby] even Afleet Alex is laid up [luckily they caught the hairline fracture before he broke down].

Older horses often can't handle the extra stress either. Mineshaft, Ghostzapper and Roses in May quickly come to mind. They can only put up the huge numbers a few times and that's it. The only real exception has been Perfect Drift who keeps plugging along, while not racing as fast.