BB Wrote:
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> The blimp shot really showed what a great ride
> Gutierrez gave him. They were all by their
> lonesomes just galloping along. And I thought that
> was super classy for a young jock like that to
> give a shout out to the grooms, with some of the
> first words out of his mouth as a derby winner.
agree Bob. that was fun to watch.
meanwhile, Union Rags had a full coat of mud after a quarter. what a nightmare that was. some here warned of the risk, which, in hindsight, was significant going in. he could be a Lookin At Lucky, who had a very similar trip before winning the 3 yr old title. can\'t imagine there\'s gonna be any value in that view, however. and the trip risk will be there next time as well.
looks like the Wood was a slow horse race. wind hindered the one-turn races that day, the crazy internals suggested that (no?), but not the one 9f race, which goes the same distance both ways. 1:50.4 was apparently slow. the final 1/8 was horrific, that\'s for sure. I\'m no expert, but that was my view heading in, and I think it was confirmed.
and it could be that most figure makers had the SA Derby too slow. I don\'t know.
Dull ran well. kudos to Kent D who did the best he could under the circumstances. he also took a ton of mud.
as for Bode, well, he\'s a Congaree type. he\'s real. stopped badly at the end with a :14 final 1/8, and you rarely win triple crown races with that fraction. but he was a legit runner-up after setting historic fractions. brutal fractions. he was game on three weeks rest. he was 2nd best. note that Congaree was the wise-guy horse of the year in the Preakness, nearly stealing favoritism from Point Given, only to run a weakish 3rd.
