Dick Powell: These are the same connections that passed up the Derby after winning the Wood Memorial three weeks earlier in fast time with Coronado\'s Quest. Granted, CQ was a head case and might have melted down before the Derby and Orb seems more professional. Still, based on their past performances, I\'ll be surprised if he\'s in the Derby.

TGJB: They are also the connections that ran Easy Goer in the Swale, Gotham, Wood, Derby and Preakness, with only two weeks rest between each of them. Which is kinda amazing, if you step back and look at it. That wasn\'t back in the Roaring Twenties, it was relatively recently.

The Fla Derby is 5 weeks before the Derby, I have to believe if they win that or are a fast closing second they\'re going.

magicnight: Pat Day certainly helped Easy Goer log all those miles.

And, yeah, \"recent\" relative to the Jazz Age maybe, but that was also the spring following the end of the Reagan administration. There was still a Soviet Union. AIDS was running rampant. I took a redhead to the Belmont Stakes. It seems like forever. Except when you think about the horses.

Lost Cause: I\'m with you there Magic...1989 at the age of 15 I had to hope I didn\'t get carded when cashing a ticket or else I would get run out of the joint seems like forever ago...The track went berserk in the Belmont that year..

Edgorman: I hope the redhead made a small downward move before bouncing at Saratoga

phil23: I think we have a clubhouse leader for post (and pattern) of the year.

Dick Powell: Round of golf at Saratoga on me if Orb goes in the Derby?

TGJB: If he runs 1-2 in the Fla Derby and is sound on Derby day we have a bet of a round at the Spa.

Dick Powell: You\'re on. Even if you lose and have to pay, you\'ve seen my game so you should get it all back and then some.