The fine line Jerkens has been walking with this one just got much tougher.  Grening has the story at drf.com. bbb

flushedstraight: thanks Bells,
here\'s the link:

http://www.drf.com/news/article/103230.html

covelj70: this is a brutally tough game.

I know it\'s nowhere near as important to the broader scheme of things as QR but I just found out the filly that I own a piece of that was set to run in the Oaks, Fitz Just Right, came out of her breeze this morning with heat in her ankles and she has ankle chips.  She\'s obviously out of action for awhile.

Tough tough game.

Uncle Buck: Like our host says...\"There\'s always a reason\" they go bad when they run that fast

ajkreider: It all depends on whether they get the workout in.

girly: Sorry to hear it-sounds like the best decision...

marcus: Easy for me to say and I\'m sure connections and horse naturally want to run but if the he can\'t train on a Friday , the following Monday is going to be too soon imo - and I\'m basing this opinion on common sense only - I\'m not a Vet .

Personally I\'d like to see Quality Road get a break , let the quarter heel while fattening up in a pasture somewhere then see him again prepping in the late summer or early fall for the  BC and Nad Al Sheba after that  . . .

Cartman: At this stage I would say even if they get a workout into him, he\'s a toss unless the public overdoes it and let\'s him go off much longer than expected. He\'s going to miss some training and that can\'t be a good thing.

jimbo66: Glad to see all the \"quarter crack\" experts on the board chiming in about Quality Road\'s hoof.  I missed the public examination of the horse\'s hoof that everybody else got.  I guess Ian McKinley missed it to, since when asked about whether the horse could still make the Derby \"I wouldn\'t know why not\".

There is a difference between a horse\'s status being \"in doubt\" and \"doubtful\".

Let\'s see how it plays out before we pencil him in for the Travers.....

Silver Charm: If doesn\'t make it then that makes IWR without a doubt the Fav.

This also makes IEAH the owner of the Derby Fav TWO yrs inarow.

Probably gotta go back to the Calumet heyday before somebody owned TWO Derby winners inarow.

chrifron: Riva Ridge and Secretariat 1972-1973

Silver Charm: Oh God!!

Here come some more Big Brown to Secretariat comparisons.....arrrrg

marcus: Thanks for that - you nailed it alright ! Guess I want to be an expert at whats best for the sport and at planning a Horses future campaign from a standpoint of whats best for the horse and for racing  . Yes we will definately see what happens next . . .

toppled: Ian McKinlay was on, via telephone, the Albany area OTB channel this morning around 11AM.  He sounded optimistic about Quality Road. Quality Road jogged 2 miles today, he came out of the jog in good shape & will be patched tomorrow and a drain will be placed in, then breeze on Monday.  McKinlay said the tenderness, which he described as minor, is subsiding every day. He said the foot is \"ice cold\", no infection has set in.

Uncle Buck: So how many of the regular Thorograph sheet guys are using this horse? How are you planning on using him?