Hey CTC

My guess is indeed two different scenarios.

Bellamy Road was a bad ass Graded stakes winner who won his 3yo debut by fifteen lengths. He won the Wood easily, but worked "soft" at Churchill and came unglued.

Sinister Minister had an acceptable debut, behind a runaway winner on a sealed track, Then, three weeks later Becerra put him up for sale!!! True he won the Bluegrass, and ran fast, but he is going backwards. He finished up on his left lead despite unrelenting left hand pressure and could not gallop four days afterward, so Baffert jogged him. His jockey decided not to ride him back before the win photo was taken.

I do not care what figure TG, Beyer or aunt Jane gives Sinister, he's nowhwere in Louisville and 50-50 to ever win again. bbb