First of all, thank you. What a great site. It looked like Chinese Dragon filled the hole on the rail on the turn at the top of the stretch. The only other hole I see is about at the 1/16 pole and he is out of horse at that point. He had a garden trip most of the way, maybe he just didn't have the horse today. Personally I think he just had nowhere to run.

Anyone that left him out and used Right Special deserved to be out of the pick 3. He was an absolute single in any play. Kip @7-5 and Tin @ 7-2 was exactly the opposite of what the odds should have been. $9 against that field was the biggest gift I've seen in a while.

You're the best.

Cheers to the old guy..... he's amazing. :)

Did you teach Victor how to ride?

He did a great job trapping Kip Deville long enough that when he made his move other horses crept up and slammed the door shut. Very good job by Espinoza.

Got to give the jocks credit everyonce in a while. A bit of luck also required as Kip Deville had no place to go in the stretch after Victor shielded the outside earlier.

Deville had already lost the race by the time he had the room. He had already lost momentum with the slight check imo looking at the head on and looking at it in normal mode.

Congrats,Honu! Game horse too:D

If you really watch his last 4 races you will see that he has reached a peak in his form cycle. Even with the fact that he never saw running room I think it's been along 3 and 4year old season for Kip and a rest is in order.

TTM is the first 9 year old to win a Grade 1 in 23 years. The last was John Henry. Pretty good company.

Damn good company. Its a joy to watch him run.

Congrats to TTM, Honu, and all of his connections! That is a great feat you have accomplished!

Good luck the entire year!

Jus a little morning after update, Tinny looked great this morning , jogged perfect on a shank and I think he has more dapples today than he did yesterday. We were out of carrots this morning so he got some sugar and a peice of a donut , I feel really lucky to have the chance to work with this horse, he is a once in a lifetime special animal .

You are lucky, there are not many that come along like him.
You should feel proud of being part of a team that has helped him do what he has done.

Congrats to all on the historic run. It was a thing of beauty.

Ohhh I am gonna tell, you gave him treats.hehe Make sure you give him a big ole smooch for me too!!

Uhm , I wasnt at Hollywood Park yesterday , I watched the race from home , wonder who your boyfriend saw?

no one is happy for you than I am kid..:cool:

I just watched the race for the first time. Hard not to love the old guy.

Will u still love him when he shows yer horse his tail again lol .