Bobphilo:

I am on record as admiring Gilchrist's management of LITF throughout the year. He criscrossed the country to duck whatever competition may have been out there and never tried to run him past his optimal distance range (6f -7f). He will hopefully return sound as a 4YO and show us what he is made of.

If Gilchrist's intention was to win the Eclipse, he should have either (a) run LITF in a Grade 1 or 2 against older horses before the BC and/or (b) not run LITF in the BC at all (he could have used the supplemental nomination fee as an out)(I believe BC rules state that he will not have to pay the supplemental fee again).

With regards to "Dutrow's methods" as far as I know St. Liam was tested both prior to and after the BC Classic. Maybe someone will analyze a frozen sample of his blood ten years from now and determine that he was "doped", but under the current testing regimen, he won the race "clean".