I'm not really up on European racing. Can someone tell me what this guy has accomplished over there from a major race perspective? I'm outta the loop.

What bothers me is a statement he made about Brancusi. To my knowledge Brancusi ran in the Derby and never ran again. He finished last. I know never running again can be said about a lot of horses, including Baffert's Indian Charlie and I believe Indian Express as well.Brancusi cost 375K and certainly had a Derby horse pedigree:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=horse&search_bar=horse&h=BRANCUSI4&g=5&inbred=Standard&x2=n&pedloggedin=0

Saturday he brings a 1.4 million horse into the Derby that won't let another horse run in front of him:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=horse&search_bar=horse&h=LION%20HEART2&g=5&inbred=Standard&x2=n&pedloggedin=0I

But this is what the frog said about Brancusi:

"The main thing is we tried to make Brancusi a Derby horse," Biancone said. "This year we have a Derby horse.":

http://www.drf.com/tc/kentuckyderby/2004/news.html#story3

Sheez, NOW HE TELLS US.