I have also read that Sinister G is out. However, everything I've read suggests that both Birdstone and St. Averil (who apparently had a good workout this morn) will go.

Other than Value Plus, the only other likely defection I've read about is Song of the Sword. If he drops out (along with Sinister G and Value Plus) and no one opts back in, I think that would let Eddington in.

Oops! After I posted this I read the following at drf.com.:

One day after hinting that he would likely not run in the Derby, owner Ernie Paragallo said Song of the Sword would run in the race. Paragallo said he only said he wouldn't run in hopes of prompting the connections of Rock Hard Ten would scratch out of Saturday's Derby Trial. Rock Hard Ten did scratch. "If he ran today and won he'd knock me out," Paragallo said, referring to the fact Rock Hard Ten would have passed him on the earnings list.



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