There are a lot of horses ahead of Eddington and/or Rock Hard Ten on the graded earnings list whose owners might reasonably conclude that the Derby is not for them. It will be interesting to see how many bail. I have in mind, for example (in rough order of earnings):

Action this Day
Sinister G
Value Plus
Tiger Hunt
Saratoga County
Capitano
Kilgowan
Song of the Sword
Tricky Taboo
Consecrate
Mr. Jester

Of course, one of those might be this year's Gato del Sol.

My own least favorite racing analyst on TV is Hank Goldberg. I'd like to see more of Jeanine Edwards in his place. I think Charlsie is, to some extent, a victim of the networks' decision that they should try to attract viewers who don't follow horse racing rather than serve those who do. (I also remember her on those NYRA shows with Frank Wright).

Has Bailey decided not to ride Read The Footnotes?