David-- about the only horse I ever worked with Michael on was Da Hoss. Among his cute doings were thanking me privately for my contributions (like finding the horse, for starters), but never mentioning me publicly, until he took the cheap shot at me from the winners circle at Woodbine. Yes, when they do make it to the gate they are ready to run-- if you are a bettor he\'s a great trainer. If you own or manage them, as someone else said here, buy the industrial size Maalox.
Vlado has some of the same characteristics, yes. He doesn\'t play public/private games, but they don\'t make it to the gate very often, despite never having an injury serious enough to require surgery or being turned out.
