Silver Wrote:

>Hey CtC if you closely at that picture Dickinson is pushing his finger down as hard as he can, you see how deep he is getting don't you.

I was told the track was sticky with about 2 inches depth and no bounce. What did Jerry call it? "No drop hammer response"

>As Jerry alluded to earlier there was major work performed on the track all day long and as you said why would someone not believe that work would preformed on the track on any given day.

Not being there is the thing. I monitor race times and like jerry's friend at aqueduct I watch what I can see of the track color and the soil on the returning horses. I don't think that track was sloppy fast or sloppy carrying by the 10th. The huge amount of time between races hurts taking a stand on the track.

>No Wayne didn't mentioned anything about having one Triple Crown but he did follow his "Make that 4 Oaks" remark with "and it would have been 7 but I ran Althea, Winning Colors and Serenas Song in the Derby instead". (just kidding there)

I still think he only won 3 oaks. :)

>As another sidebar Wayne was saddling in stall 12 and Baffert was in stall 11. After having introduced Eli to Wayne as "The King" ,which he is, we stepped back off the apron as the horses began to enter the paddock. At that point Baffert called out to Eli to come over. I had just washed my hands, they were clean, no reason for me to get them soiled shaking his, so I stayed put.

When Eli returned he asked inquisitively--"Who was that??"

I told him the truth--"A Racing Nobody".

lol...I know neither had Derby starters so I have to assume you're talking about another race. HEY..what did you think about the 3-Chimney's? Lukas ran a 650K carson city filly for Bev and Bob Lewis against the colts. It was dry then. I'm serioulsy thinking about writing him to offer some conformation and pedigree advice. :) He's off on a wild goose chase right now. I suspect whoever helped him in the 80's is off the team. Maybe it was Jeff.



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