Thanks very much for the positive vibes and congrats on the great call

She exemplifies why Chad is so good

We bought her a year ago, he got her ready but she wasn’t quite right and so he stopped on her, gave her a ton of time and then she came back the right way.

Obviously when you have a huge stable this is easier to do but I have had other big stable trainers try to push through with minor injuries and we lose the horse for good

Big thrill yesterday.

Thanks again

\"gonna be a long 5 weeks waiting\"

truer words were never spoken!!!

obviously incredibly exciting but super nerve racking at the same time

thanks!

Jim

Thank you very much Silver. Means a lot

Thanks a lot fellas

This is the horse of a lifetime for me.

I\'ve been lucky to own a few good ones but nothing like this

Truly remarkable.

I watched on my phone from my Church parking lot

Had to leave mass after communion to get to my phone in time to watch the race

Just an unreal feeling

Thanks so much again

Thanks so much to everyone for the incredibly kind messages

it honestly does mean alot and I truly appreciate it.

it\'s a really special win and as several of you have commented, I thought the horse kind of deserved one of these.

thanks so much again to everyone.

Jim

Thanks so much. Really appreciate that

Thank you so much. Absolutely huge thrill. Horse of a lifetime for me. He has had a lot of bad luck but we had everything our way today. Amazing stuff. Thanks again.

All very well said. Thanks!

Thanks for the thoughts

just to clarify, my point is that he did not ride the race that gave his horse the best chance to win.  I am arguing that his ride was focused on hurting the chances of Flintshire and not maximizing his own horses chances.  

I don\'t agree with the ride that either Johnny or Gryder gave their mounts, I just don\'t think it\'s fair to criticize Gryder without criticizing Johnny.

of course, if you don\'t think Johnny did anything wrong, then there\'s nothing to criticize.  Obviously that\'s not my position here but I understand that others may see if differently

thanks again for the thoughts

hey all

I very rarely weigh in on these debates (on this board or anywhere else) because one\'s views are understandably influenced by how one played the race and passions tend to run so high on these issues but...


....to criticize how Gryder rode the race without criticizing how Johnny V rode the race is a tough one for me.

Johnny V. race rode Flintshire from the first steps out of the gate.  He was trying to box him in down the backside and prevent him from getting outside in the clear until the far turn by which time Flintshire was hopelessly buried inside (so Johnny race rode very effectively)

Now, to anyone who wants to say race riding is different than what Gryder did, I would highlight that this strategy did not give his horse the best chance to win the race.  There was no reasonable expectation that he was going to win this race by staying back next to him early and matching turn of foot with Flintshire late and he knows this.  His only chance would have been to get first run on Flintshire and open up a big lead on him at the top of the stretch to see if he could force Flintshire to move early.  By boxing him in as long as he did, he absolutely compromised his chances for whatever reason he choose to go after Flintshire. Anyone who watched the NBC telecast heard Chad call this point out immediately after the race.

As an aside, I fully agree with Steve Byk\'s and JB\'s points that rabbits should run as a coupled entry but either way, to only focus on the Gryder ride and not the Johnny V ride isn\'t looking at the whole picture in this one

full disclosure as to my bias is that my only play in the race was singling Flintshire in the pick 6 and pick 4.

Thank you so much. I still wear my CK hate every weekend!!!!!!

Richie. Hah. You remembered!

Thanks so much. What a huge huge thrill.

Thanks so much. He\'s doing very well but then again so was Far From Over heading into last Sumday so I am gun shy heading into this one.

Also don\'t know how he will like it if it comes up very soft. A little give would be fine but don\'t think he will like a bog.

Good luck to everyone.

Thanks buddy. FFO has been training great. I would be surprised if he doesn\'t run his race but I have been surprised before....

Was tempting to run him in the Whitney, even if we were running for 2nd but the Woodward has been the goal all along so hopefully Sunday is a stepping stone.


Hoping for a big week with FFO on Sunday at the Spa then Beach Patrol in the Secretariat at Arlington.

Good luck!

No idea if he\'s good enough/if Frosted will regress enough but I can tell you Comfort worked really well last weekend and he will very likely run his best race (or better) tomorrow.

just FWIW