Buddah

[nunzio]

I realize he is lighly raced and has run
very fat but I can\'t help but like this horse.

He has tactical speed and can be in the catbird seat if someone decides on a suicidal pace. His last work @ BEL in the slop
with the dogs up was very good.

He will have several days to train over the CD surface and at the risk of making my
Derby selection without seeing his odds,
I can\'t imagine I won\'t be backing him come saturday.

Nunzio

Did you see the Beyer figure on War Emblem (110)? I think that looks like a repeat of KEATS\' inflated figure last year.

[Michael D.]

I think you have picked out the most talented horse of the crop. I will be very surpried, however, if Pat Day outrides Bailey, Stevens, Pincay, Eddy D and JR all in the same race. At 4-1 or 5-1 on Buddha, I would wager that one of those guys takes Day to the cleaners at much higher odds.

As for War Emblem, I think the numbers make sense for a mile and a eighth race at Sportsmans. This horse glides like few others I have seen before. I agree though, gliding like that for a mile and a quarter is very, very difficult.

[MO]

You doubt Day can outride em all in the same race? He\'s already done it a few times. Most recently  in the Wood.

MO

[nunzio]

Pat Day is a very savvy rider, he always seems to have horse left when it counts.  To his detriment, he is sometimes too patient & that can get him into trouble.  When I watched th ereplay of the Wood, he looked like he knew he had it won from the 1/4 pole home & barely hit Buddah until MD poked his nose in front inside the 1/8 pole.  There is no question that MD & SB were being ridden
much harder than Buddah was.  This horse is
very scarey, I hope the KY crowd leaves him alone.

Nunzio

[Michael D.]

Yes, Pat Day did a fine job in the Wood. I like Buddha, and will still use him. My point is that I think Day is only the sixth or seventh best jock out there, and at Churchill, they play him like he is the best. I would like the horse a lot more with Stevens at 7-1 than with day at 5-1 or 6-1.