Miff wrote

>until that horse "told" him,about 8-10 days out, that he could not handle the Wood and then the Derby.

If Pletcher is hearing his horses talking to him now then he is sniffing the same stuff his horses are getting.

Circular Quay is a very small horse who tries very hard when he runs. Conducive to knockout efforts in my opinion. I like the eights weeks rest.

>Major changes to the schedule leading up to the Derby are almost always a negative.

Few trainers have had as many Derby horses as Pletcher. Audibles are understandable in this case.

>AGS might be sitting on an 0 2 X for the derby(not that I believe in that pattern all the time)

See attached Sheet for Monarchos.

https://www.thorograph.com/archive/files/derby2001.pdf

At 10-1 or more on Derby day AGS is a play.