JoseO,

really nice call on Orb.

He still won't look fast on TGs because he had the rail on the first turn and he was getting 6 lbs from Violence but I really respect horses that run against a bias, even if their TG's aren't quite up to par.

I know there was a very hot pace and I assume the TG sheet will reflect as much so there will be a tendency by some to say the race fell apart for him but no one else closed from that far back all day.

Last time I argued that we shouldn't be impressed by a Derby prep because the figures weren't fast enough and the race just fell into a horses lap was Animal Kingdom who ran against a similar bias in his Spiral win as Orb did on Saturday.

At the time, I dismissed the Spiral win as the race having falling apart in AK's favor and the TG fig not being fast enough to win the Derby but I will not be so dismissive of those things this time.

That was one impressive race.

Nice call again