I was also at Keeneland that day and Smile Happy looked like a carousel horse coming down the lane....he had NO answer to the winner.  Maybe underneath in the super.

Great point.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of \'Lance Armstrongs\' in this business.  I\'m not confused about that.

I don\'t disagree with you at all.  I just meant that his pedigree wouldn\'t pose a problem.  I view SoCal racing, these days, as a hot house environment.  Top notch outfits have left there, ceding the place to Baffert.  He took full advantage of it.  

So be it.

I realize that conventional wisdom, which is wisdom for a reason, would hold that this horse had the easiest time of it in the SA Derby and that he has insufficient racing under his belt.  HOWEVER, that doesn\'t negate the fact that he ran very fast.  And because of the FU a win would represent to the KY commission, I feel fairly sure that the horse will be feeling no pain on May 7th.

So I have to use him in some capacity.

Does it matter where a horse is bred when it has Fappiano top and bottom of the sire pedigree and Mr. Prospector top and bottom of the dam pedigree?  And multiple graded stakes horses throughout the pedigree?

I think not.

Is Mo Donegal a bounce candidate?  I don\'t see how the horse isn\'t just that.  Plus, TAP has a fairly deep history of cranking them for the preps and then going flat in the big race.  I\'ll pass on the horse.

I\'m more interested in what this group thinks of Baffert\'s SA Derby winner.  I don\'t give a damn who they LIST as trainer....can a horse with such a lack of seasoning repeat the race or does he bounce also?

Test positive for what?  There are two significant medications that cannot be detected.  Does it matter if Baffert\'s horse hasn\'t had a positive?

No.

But it won\'t matter in this case.....that horse won a typical SoCal hothouse race and will not likely bring it with him to Kentucky.

Brad Cox is a god....possibly the greatest trainer ever.

The TG seminar got the Wood \'right enough\'?   I\'m not complaining....it\'s horse racing after all.

But the seminar said MoDonegal was a \"bet against.\"  Or did I misread that?

While I\'m at it, Chad had better than a \'good day\' at Keeneland.  That horse closed into a modest pace and made up impressive ground in the last eighth.  Talk about quickening.

The only advantage that horses have, moving up from Florida this time of year, is climate.  They should like the colder weather.  Easier to breathe.

Having said that, Morello took a big step forward off his layoff and will be very tough if he moves forward again, if only a modest amount.  His main competition should come from Early Voting with a similar pattern and Golden Code who has improved from start to start (something you should want to see from horses at this stage).

It didn\'t take a lot of research to find the site below.  This is a description of the benefits of SGF 1000, which is the illegal pharmaceutical used by Navarro, Servis, and apparently many others.

Please give this a read. I\'m mostly interested in seeing what you think about the drug.  And whether there is any reason not to give it to horses of all breeds.  It may be a PED or it may be considered a therapeutic benefit they should all have. What\'s your opinion?


https://sgf1000.com/vecta-sgf-1000-activation

You may be right, but several of Baffert\'s horses (and mostly favorites) have recently run off the board outside the SoCal jurisdiction.

Was he helping them less while under scrutiny?  Oaklawn would be one place that he has had to be extra careful....no?

Shipsational over Happy Boy Rocket, Classic Causeway and Giant Game.

An extreme example of this happened at the Breeders Cup in 2013.  Baffert was skunked for 2 days, including with Game on Dude in the Classic.  My only claim to fame, as a participant in the BC Betting Challenge, was at the table with other players.  Where I forecast on Friday that none of Baffert\'s entries had the best numbers in any race, especially GOD.  The only significant bet I hit was the Classic...the trifecta, with Baffert off the board.

Apparently Baffert couldn\'t take any chances at Oaklawn....that horse was probably scrubbed clean of anything that might result in new charges and accusations.  In fact, this may prove to be the case wherever he enters a horse outside of his safe SoCal home.  Keep an eye on it and bet accordingly.