Inside Straight will clearly get a new top. But CE wasn\'t that far in front of a whole bunch of not so fast horses, though he did spot them almost a point in weight. You\'re right, the question will be how many new tops do you want to give out, and until we have the ground and everything organized I\'m offering no opinion.
Seems to me that given all that led to this race, including missing training, you have to handicap CE the same way in 3 weeks whatever the number was, as long as it was better than his last. Which it probably will be. The headcase factor is another question-- I was in Florida that day, and he looked as bad as a horse can, even to someone who doesn\'t know what he\'s looking at.
I\'m thinking there are a few with enough points who may not go-- especially since several are trained by guys with other horses in the race.
