Forte running 2nd was a kick in the nuts.

Interested to see odds Forte goes off if he starts.Would\'nt shock me if he was 3rd choice.Seem\'s nobody likes him on top.

He\'s not for me on pedigree but feels like a pace factor.Unless Tapit Shoes is a send from the rail it feels like Forte is going along with NT.Hoping they go sub 1:13 for 6f\'s.If not my tickets are likely toast.

TT and Arcangelo look good on paper for the distance,but need a little pace.
No clue what to do with AOE at 12f\'s and blinkers on.Leaning against a new top.
Hit Show a little interesting but the Cox pair have to save some ground.
RR One a ground saving suck up candidate from the back if the pace is honest.

Any chance of a special this week or next?
In past years you\'ve done one after the preps are finished.

Guess I should have checked the scratches.

3,4,6,11 out

Playing #3 Disc Jockey(20-1 ML) to move forward off the slower pairs stretching out.

Orb/Golden Soul closer/closer exacta.

No real opinion here.

Lukas horse packed it in both times going a mile or more,but has the three
consecutive slower pairs that I like to take a flyer on for a new top this time of year.

More interested in the Razorback with Bankit 10-1 ML.
Pairing up the comeback race puts him right there.
New horse as a 4yo?

Went a little wider in the 11th using the slow Dallas Stewart filly.
At some point she breaks thru the 10\'s.

Like Frank heaviest on Silver State in the 12th and only using 5,8 in the 13th.

I could see Premier Star moving forward a few here.
Sire and dam(all her wins at 2 turns) were both routers.

The 9th looks impossible.

Lucrezia first time long from the rail with time and Embossed turf to dirt/2nd Lasix from the outside are move up candidates I\'m using as well as the others mentioned.

Agree on the Laughing Fox sheet.

May foal has some upside and those paired tops were at the distance.Steady works coming into this.

Thanks

I wasn\'t looking as far back as Best In Show.

Silver

On figures and with Tapit success in this race Tacitus looks like a very strong contender for Mott.

All but one of Tapit\'s seven starters(3-1-2) from what I can see had some help on the bottom to get the distance.

Matterhorn the exception was too slow going in to even be considered a factor.

The only reason I question Tacitus is the bottom of his pedigree which looks kinda weak for 12f\'s.I\'m no expert so maybe someone who knows what they\'re looking at can chime in.Michael D.?

No question Tacitus is a good 3yo but does he have to like 12f\'s?

On figures,pattern and timing I keep coming back to Signalman and Anothertwist as
the jump up possibilities here.No backwards moves for either one and good rest coming in.

What the board looks like will determine if I throw away money on one or both.

The Laurel iron horse looks good on paper but he\'s been in training for well over a year without a break.Seeing him as more of a pair up at best.

Paired up the Sunland race with three weeks rest on what wasn\'t the best part of the track.

Gets five weeks with a couple of poly works coming into it.

I\'d be surprised if he\'s shorter than 10-1 off a couple of seconds to Owendale and Cutting Humor.

He\'s never gone back and in a race that yields one or two new tops per year looks as good as any for a move up.Signalman is another one but he comes in slower with a little less pedigree IMO.

I know what Bourbon War and the Derby horses look like on paper.
Owendale jumped up in the Lexington going off Anothertwist\'s figure there

Interested to see the figures on the Laurel horse and Warrior\'s Reward.