Re: California Chrome now 1 to 3.5 to not win Derby (778 Views)
Posted by:
TreadHead (IP Logged)
Date: April 21, 2014 10:41PM
Yeah, I don't get the questions about this.
SA was clearly not his favorite surface given the huge moveups in short time after leaving SA the first time.
He was already in the Derby, so no reason for Baffert to have him fully cranked.
And based on comments I saw, he was not ridden hard and may not have even been struck during the race, didn't appear to be from what I could see on the replay.
Not to mention the possibility for underlying injury going from no starts to zero in a route so quickly.
Plenty of reasons a backup of a few points makes sense.
Luckily, he just arrived at CD and we will get to see a workout over the track. Using this one will largely depend on his on-track appearance week of the race.