Tend to agree with North Carolina Tony. The Florida Derby Day card did favor horses on the front end. There was a bias. In that regard theres significant vulnerability should the top finishers on that card catch a fair track next time.

However, theres little doubt that Barbaro and Sharp Humor ran Tops. Regardless of where he actually fits in the Handicap ranks, Bandini is a Negative horse and both Barbaro and Sharp Humor outran him Saturday. The most impressive race however may have been turned in by the unlucky cheater's horse. Sunriver ran a potential laden race, but for the stretch hang.

We'll have to wait to see what Tgraph says about the Florida Derby. Maybe its not as fast as I tend to think, but with a month to the big race those were well timed Tops by my reckoning.