Yes sir, Funny Cide and Sea Hero both won mile races at Belmont. One turn miles but miles nonetheless

Silver Charm hadn't won beyond 7f before the Derby but ran two very big seconds with big figures in the San Felipe and SA Derby

Ride on Curlin and ARod don't have any such races on their résumé

I look forward to the banter over the next two weeks as well but I have to tell you, I haven't ever been this uninspired by the depth of the Derby field

I know we all keep talking here about how closely bunched the field is TG fig wise but first of all, a few of the "fast" ones dropped out this week, second, I don't think several of the other "fast" ones have any shot of running their top at 1 1/4 and third, tightly grouped figure horses just means they are all mediocore. There are years where I wouldn't consider betting a horse with a "3" top. This year, ride on Curlin seems like one of the only bettable horses in the race to me and I assuming he paired his top in his last

To this point, weak crop. Hopefully, will change down the road

Preakness field likely to be alot deeper than Derby assuming bayern, social inclusion, kid Cruz and dynamic strike all go right to the Preakness.

...and then just wait till the Belmont when Commissoner gets to do his thing (hahahahah)

My top 3 right now are

Wicked Strong
Ride on Curlin
Hopportunity

Cali Chrome could certainly win but I honestly don't think he's anymore likely than the ones above and we will get at least 3x the price on them.

Game on Dude reminded us again last night that it doesn't matter how good you look on a track that suits your style if you are running on a track that doesn't

I really wish Cali Chrome was already at CD for alot of reasons.