PJ and Blinkers

[johnnym]

PJ worked with blinkers this AM. Very real chance he puts them on for the Derby.
Byk tweeted that Brown in the last 5\'years is 8/4-2-2 in graded stakes adding the blinkers, seems mostly on the turf.
Any thoughts on this?

[PapaChach]

Almost certain that since DRF began keeping the stat in the late \'80s, no horse has won the Derby when adding blinkers. No idea of sample size honestly, and there\'s a first time for everything, but on the surface looks like a negative move.

[Tavasco]

Two thoughts really:

Regardless of Chad Brown\'s blinkers on stats. My thought is Mr. Brown knows a repeat of the Blue Grass performance gets nothing. No real risk and blinkers could be a big help in traffic.

Second - Need to no more about Irap?

[jerry]

To my eye, PJ comes in,with arguably the strongest pattern, a 0- top with no regressions and a 37% chance of running a new top. Don\'t think they need to make a change.