hey buddy, awesome seeing you this weekend, your UCONN was awesome, congrats!

I think the discussion is moving to pedigree because the figures clearly make him the most consistent fast horse in the Derby

Others may wind up with isolated figured that are better and Jimbo's favorite derby horse (hahahah) has several figures that are faster including his last race where he went backwards (again) in the stretch but other than him and Samaarat, Cali Chrome is the only one that has consistently run figures that would make him part of the mix

I definitely don't believe in manufatured patterns for young horses. You have to run them to have them ready for the Derby. Going in off of 8 weeks would have been huge mistake. Horse would be too fresh and rank and would be on the lead, potentially in crazy fractions. With this race under his belt 4 weeks out, he has a better change of sitting just off the pace

I can't wait to see Jimbo's post when the General Arod sheet comes up on Derby week. That is going to be a classic. Arod would be my biggest futures payout so I would love to believe he has a chance but I'm with Jimbo, I don't see it