1/2 to Jazil?

Thats right, hes the one that was left standing in the Belmont.richiebee Wrote:
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> Of the Team TAP runners, I might like CQ best
> based on his prior runs at CD,
> including his 2YO finale where he had a rough trip
> and put up a decent TG #.
>
> Miff has hinted that the 2 Pletcher absentees, CQ
> and SD, are not 100%
> physically. Every time I read this I think about
> Pleasant Colony, who won 4
> Grade 1s as a 3YO in 1981, and was not an overly
> sound specimen. I
> will observe with interest how far and how fast
> the Pletcher "absentees"
> work leading up to the Derby.
>
> The whole idea of Pletcher having four entrants,
> two of which
> might have physical issues, brings up once again
> the notion of having a Derby
> AE or alternate list. What is to stop a trainer
> such as TAP from scratching
> 2 runners the morning of the Derby, thereby making
> for a shorter field and
> excluding 2 runners who may have been physically
> ready for the race?
>
> As I have said previously, I am studying much more
> diligently to try to figure
> a scenario where Pletcher's big favorite in the
> Oaks, Rags to Riches (fastest
> in the field and a 1/2 to Jazil to boot) can be
> defeated. Drug O'Needle's
> Mistical Plan looks interesting if you throw out
> her Poly races, but upon
> reviewing the video of her FG Oaks win she seemed
> to be post and pace aided.