last six big favorites have lost. most of them were horses that have shown speed in the past, but suddenly have been dropping way back. looks like he stopped training his ny stable himself, and is focusing on the Hol races and the upcoming GP meet. what to do with ashado tomorrow? i have to imagine he has been keeping an eye on her. pletcher's last win was with balto, a horse that flopped in the BC. interesting, a number of horses that ran in the BC have come back to run well - victory usa, evening attire, posse, riskaverse, toccet, and balto. not one of those horses ran well on BC day (vusa was good i guess).