Interesting how all these things get started isn't it. I met Rich Decker once, in 1998 the Victory Gallop year, he seemed like a good honest hard working guy. There are so many people like him who are laboring away under the radar screen that a win like this is what he has spent his entire working career trying to achieve.

Congrats Rich !!

I remember Distorted Humor running at Keeneland as a young 3YO coming from GP in a 1X I believe. The reason is his sire Forty Niner is almost my surname instead of Silver Charm. Thats how much I loved the horse.

It seems to me that his owner was Reinacher the same guy who owned War Emblem until he sold him right before the Derby. I hope he still owns the other 50%. This poor guy has sold a Derby winner three weeks before the race and sold a very well bred animal who later went on to sire the Derby Winner the VERY NEXT YEAR !!

The guy could have said forget the steel business with its 0% profit margins I've just hit racings version of the Lottery.

One final note, some people have told me that FuPeg is an absolute beast in the stallion barn. He is said to be letting loose with rips and snorts and as he is being led away has a prance that says "I know I'm bad". Meanwhile the poor mare has to struggle just to remain on her feet once he's done. Should be interesting to see how the crops turn out.