My thoughts are the initial fractions are what they are and the race was run over a very demanding track...demanding to the point where everyone was staggering home with IMPERIALISM the one exception and he was next to last for the first 1/2 mile.

The chasers were too exhausted to sustain and the closers too leg weary to kick in the way they normally would. Hats off to SMARTY and LH for going on with it. But I think the race will take its toll and I will take a stand against in 2 weeks.


Too bad the greatest race in the world had to be run under those conditions. Racing sure gets its share of bad luck when put on the national stage. That's 2 Triple Crown races in a row run in a swamp.

I read where BORREGO and RTF were scoped and some traces of mud were found in their lungs. If this is true, you had 2 horses trying to run with blocked lung passages and 2 that were not wearing all of their shoes.

See you in Baltimore.


Good Luck,
Joe B.