Mark,

I think sometimes the fans give these guys
too much credit. They are both excellent horsemen so don't get me wrong. Race analysis is another story. This is an "excuse" business and very rarely will
you hear a trainer give an HONEST response to
why his horse got beat.

I don't what you think but I beleive Pat Day
won this race going into the 1st turn when he
asked Buddah to squeeze thru a tight spot
and get into position to eyeball Frankel's horse from the 7/8 pole home. If you look at the replay, you'll see that Day never really hit the horse til he was headed slightly inside the 1/8 pole. It was a
masterful ride and it looked like he knew
he had alot of horse left.

With that said, Sunday Break looked like he was sitting in the catbirds seat the whole way & he couldn't get by despite being
ridden much harder than Buddah was.

I think Saarland is too much of a plodder that really doesn't have a quick enough turn of foot at the finish of the race to be
a threat in the Derby.

Nunzio