Bob in the Bloodhorse regarding Preachin:

"He's still not there yet, but he's getting there. We took the training wheels off and now he's out there on his own."

I'm not sure the training wheels came off Preachin as much as the Restrictor Plates stayed on the trainer. This horse has nowhere near the number of bullet works most Baffert horses have. However I believe he will very soon and that is ok because there is a lot of work to be done to win on the First Saturday in May.

As far as Wimbleton goes he looks good but I read where he has a lot of speed on the bottom side. He also (not disclosing anything because its in The Race of the Week Archives) had a previous top of 8 prior to the La Derby. He will need to develop to about zero??? to win the Ky Derby. That's an awful lot to ask in such short amount of time.

As far as Silver Charm the sire goes there was a point in his spring three year old campaign where he wasn't totally right and things were looking very iffy for the real Silver Charm. Bob had some of Charlie's Boys (yeah that Charlie) come by and work on him and the rest, as they say, is history.

I love that horse so much I have a Ky Derby winners circle picture that hangs in my living room personally signed by Bob.