Mall;

Put yourself in her boots. You are one of the great riders in the world. Without that, you are just another button-cute 97 pound young woman. You have clinical depression. As a part of addressing that problem you are going to .... quit riding?

Give one thousand people that choice. How many quit? Low single digits, if not zero. Be fair.

Alydar;

Did you ever hear Julie's race call from Belmont Park? A sloppy track turned a big field into a 3-horse field. Durkin let Julie do the call and it was a hoot. "He's gonna need a bath from his toes to his nose!"

It still bugs me that the only Belmont I've missed since '89 was Julie's on Colonial Affair. Racing needs Julie every bit as much as she apparently needs racing.

Bob