richiebee Wrote:
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> My "all clean" team, the "hay oats and water"
> poster boys would include the following: William
> Ichabod Mott, Claude "Shug" McGaughey, H. Allen
> Jerkens, Richard Mandella and Ronald McInally.
>
> These guys all have a place in that building
> across Union Ave from the front gate to Saratoga.
>
> CTC, interesting that you say that Pletcher has
> dropped off. He's won at least 5 or 6 stakes at
> the Spa. At one point in March, he maintained a
> 30% strike rate at both Gulfstream and Aqueduct.
>
> IMO Pletcher's strength comes from his ability to
> choose which animals he wants to train, and the
> fact that he is given as many stalls as he needs
> to house these high priced runners.
>
> Pletcher's power is the power of numbers. If the
> thinking is that dominant trainers are bad for the
> sport, limit their stall allocations

Richie, by dropped off I'm referring to top speed figures and grade I's knocked down.

I'll acquiesce that he still has super trainer percentages, however its my theory they are having to be careful in the big ones and thats why they haven't been as dominant in the big ones.