Jerry can speak for himself...and the game....but I am weighing in here. The West Coast horses just were not very good. The East Coast horses ran well. The Kentucky horses ran well. Chad Brown was live and so was Bill Mott. The Calder shipper is now maybe a Sprint Champion. On and on.
A lot of these races earlier were Baffert horses beating Baffert horses. The West Coast had a run in the 3YO Classics. Where are they now. Where is that Army Pletcher had at GP when he was 42%??
I dont want to hear about sand in the track. They got their asses kicked on Turf or Dirt.