Kimmel Factor wrote:

> Silver Charm I hope your correct about Lukas running Azeri next
> on Ky Oaks Day, because that means most likely she will face
> Sightseek and Frankel WHO WILL CRUSH THE BOTH OF THEM.
>
> I have said before Lukas is finished and is going down the
> toilet, and quite frankly Silver Charm, I hope he takes YOU
> WITH HIM.
>
lol...I don't think Silver Charm really likes Da Coach...I think he just likes to stir the pot. Da Coach had his run though...you gotta give him credit for having the coconuts to bluff and bluster his way to the top and never give a thought to the all the money he burned along the way. For the most part the people in this game that win Derbys in the new "Buy em and win it" era have money to burn and Lukas realized it. He tapped into it cause it was there. If he was an attorney he'd of been a divorce lawyer sucking on the pain of his clients. The money is there and it has to be divied up and thats where he accels. It was a numbers game for him and thats why he always pointed to the money won. He knew where he was talent wise. I could have trained as many Juvenile winners with his horseflesh.

You do have to give him a certain amount of credit for the four Derby winners. He did break three of them down on the track, but he also won it four times so that counts for something. I don't think he can play the crank on em all til the soundest and fastest survive the training. He just doesn't have the numbers anymore. I'm still afraid of him, but I realize for every good horse he had he bought ten that didn't pan out. Now he doesn't have the clients to buy the dozen. He's gonna have to do it the old fashioned way, but he's still got Overbrook to my knowledge and they breed good horses there.

CtC