Pgsheets:

I feel your pain. This is my first time posting on this forum, but I check it out every now and then, and I really agreed with the post you made about the Wood earlier this week.

On other forums -- Bloodhorse, Final Turn -- I've been saying since February that I believed Eddington was our best chance at a Triple Crown winner this year, and I still feel this way. And like you, I played this horse hard in the futures (I have him at 100/1, 85/1 and 50/1). After the Wood, I was feeling good about his chances of making the gate, figuring horses like Sinister G, Action This Day and Birdstone would do the reasonable thing and stay at home.

Alas, reason rarely conquers Derby fever, and it looks like our boy's next race will be the Preakness, barring any injury/illness-induced defections in the next 10 days. If not for a nose in the Wood and a hard bump in the Gotham, he'd be heading for Churchill -- but that's horseracing, I guess. It's too bad that Hennig and Bailey weren't able to get the most out of this guy in the Wood.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in your faith in Ed -- nor in your disappointment. I've got good future bets riding on several other major Derby contenders, but Ed is the horse that really excited me this spring.