Pletcher declared today that the horse has never had a bad day at the racetrack!
But he is still on drugs and his TWO works are being juggled around.
The guy 3rd off a layoff has always been pretty good but this all seems a little odd to me.
I was at the Wood and was standing on the rail 75 feet past the finish line. I\'ll be the first to admit that I don\'t know horse flesh from Bangladesh, John Tesh or Gilgamesh (you get the picture), but it certainly appeared (at least to me) that MO was in some kind of distress - he didn\'t look comfortable. I watched him down the lane and well past the finish, including the jog back.
I guess the GI infection thing makes sense - strange that there\'s been nothing more about Mo grabbing a quarter out of the gate. (Maybe I missed it). I don\'t have any idea how long it takes to recuperate from GI infections, but I\'m presuming the antibiotic thing takes its toll. As others have said, unless he works lights out at Churchill, I would have a tough time using him at what I presume will be fairly low odds.
As an aside, one of the old time bartenders told me that the stretch at Aqueduct is longer than Belmont - anyone know off hand if that\'s true?
About the stretch I don\'t know! About taking anit-biotics when I have had the a severe Cold the answer is I am worn out by the time full sleeve has been taken.
Is a Human Flu/Cold simialr to a GI in a horse?? I don\'t know that either. But anti-biotics aren\'t targeted or selctive when taken. They effect the whole body to kill a virus or disease.
So why is this horse being targeted for the the Derby if he is \"Really sick\" or is there misinformation be distributed.
The same reason baffert targeted LAL for the classic last year,but didn\'t have the
balls to let the public know until after the race that his horse had been on antibiotics.
DRF says true.
Aqueduct: 1155.5 feet
Belmont: 1097 feet
http://www1.drf.com/trackinfo/aqueduct.html
http://www1.drf.com/trackinfo/belmont_park.html