have to keep an eye on two colts running east of elmont this w/e.

in the group 1 before the arc on sunday ...

battle paint - a very intriguing 2 yr colt by tale of the cat out of an arch mare, second dam andover way, dam of dynaformer. i know of no plans to come to the states, but joseph allen bred, and owns the colt, and he is bred for dirt, so you never know. 107 TF, 1:23 flat at Longchamp. let's keep an eye on this one.

holy roman emperor - don't know of any BC plans here either, but it is magnier, and this danehill colt is out of a secretariat mare, second dam a very classy northern dancer mare with more than enough dirt blood, so who knows ...

if either one of these guys dominate on sunday, watch out ...