I know bettors LOVE to hate Navarro and get even more incredulous of his skills win Señor Jorge gasp! does what his job is to do, which is win. That song and dance is so trite and he doesn\'t need my no-name defending him, but the fact is Jorge won this race last year as well with Private Zone so maybe the guy really does know how to get the cash on the Big Day with a sprinter.
Add in the recent courageous exploits of XY Jet in drug-free Dubai and Private Zone in the 2015 BC Sprint and it begins to makes sense that perhaps he can really get sprinters to peak when it matters, and overall is able to do so with less \"classy\" stock.
And frankly, Catalina made sense at odds considering HB doesn\'t want 7F, Calc and Salutos figured to regress off the Carter, Speighter had fitness questions while facing elders for the first time, and Limousine Liberal was still looking for his first stakes win.
Barbados is the one who I\'m really puzzled about and thought he would bounce back off the dreadful ride he got in the Commonwealth but maybe he\'s more of just a Florida horse.
Navarro\'s other stakes winner last Sat, Sharp Azteca, looks like an easy toss if he shows up as anticipated in the Preakness. This fella is turning into a bonafied every-other kind who\'s not only coming in with an \"other\" effort likely off the slight new top but also short rest. I have similar concerns about Nyquist in that same race but all the Internet smartypants tell me that\'s crazy talk, there\'s no way he\'s not winning this Preakness even given the copious speeds, short rest, 2pt new top, the presence of continuously improving Gun Runner, and a volatile Kent D who is riding Exaggerator so determinedly it\'s to the point of reckless.
Land Over Sea also wheeling right back in the Black Eyed Susan and likewise seems to be one to maybe take stand against at a probable short price, although her competition could likely be much less talented than what her stablemate will face.
