Where is your proof of this?

I want links, more links, statements from vets, photos, DNA, etc.

Until then, that's just all unicorns to me.

How much will he be standing stud for?

Sadly that's what they turned this whole thing into. He should have just taken him out of consideration yesterday prior to entries being taken as it was pretty apparent the horse wasn't near 100% the entire week. The whole fiasco has been a joke since the Wood.

This really sucks

Said yesterday by me

Oh. I don't normally read your posts, sorry.

I guess I really have lost my edge though, if I'm making really lame cracks like that.

It's my work, I tell you.

Cripples beget cripples IC.

Not necessarily on Uncly Mo, but can anybody remember the last time a horse won the Derby without even making a single start as a 2YO?

Apollo in 1882.

New quote

“I hope it’s an easy decision where all four of them say, ‘Let’s go,’ or all four say, ‘No go,’” he said. “… If Todd says no, I say no. If Todd says yes, I say yes. If three vets say yes and Todd says no, I say no.

Got that fools!

How screwed is Johnny V being in the hip pocket of this camp, first R Heat Lightening out right before the Oaks, and now about to lose Uncle Mo, he'd probably do better freelancing. :rolleyes:

While it will be unfortunate if JV is left watching from the jock's room on Sat., he has not exactly been made a pauper by his association with Todd. I don't believe he has a 'contract" with Pletcher, he is freelance.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...0,7821163.story

Excerpt:

But Baffert still couldn't resist saying a few things people may deem controversial, including that he isn't quite buying the mysterious gastrointestinal illness that has supposedly stricken Uncle Mo in recent weeks. Uncle Mo, the Todd Pletcher-trained colt who was an undefeated juvenile champion, is still not guaranteed to run Saturday.

"Uncle Mo looks fantastic out there to me," Baffert said. "He's the best horse in the race. I don't care what rumors you hear. You can't throw him out. He's looked great to me. Everyone is talking about him being 50/50. I think [owner Mike Repole] is just trying to build a price for himself because it sounds like he likes to gamble. He's going to be dangerous. I don't think it's some [gastrointestinal issue], I think he just got tired at the Wood [Memorial]. From what I've seen visually, there is nothing there that tells me the horse isn't ready to run. I'm not buying that crap. He's just trying to steal this race."

How will Bob feel when he scratches tomorrow

Sounds like Bob is trying to jack up his price on Midnight Interlude.

Drama.

good 1

JFC.

This is the strangest Derby I can remember.

Indeed. Anyone want some popcorn? Or maybe some Pirate's Booty?

FFS just scratch the damned horse already.

Add this website to ones you can't access in a public library. I guess the Baltimore Sun is gonna turn us all into degenerates.

Unlike Baffert, I wouldn't go so far as to say he didn't have a GI tract infection. I've had a variation of that--my legs were jelly for days. I can only imagine what it's like for an animal expending that much effort and going 1 1/8. It's nothing short of a miracle he finished 3rd. Things didn't look right in the Wood for the entirety of the race. I do think Repole's messing around, although I'm not clear how to take it. Could relate to odds, straight up concern for the horse not being ready, mind games with opponents and the media...

The odds remark by Baffert makes sense up to a point, but if it's true, I'm not sure it's the best year to pull that kind of thing. They won't go too high just because there's enough confusion about the other horses, some people are just gonna go 'you know what? I'd rather chance Mo running back to form than bet on someone I don't think is as good as Mo's best on their best day.' Haskin put him at #1 on the Derby Dozen again partly because of that. Repole's whole 'I'm gonna make him the favorite' thing sounded like hyperbole. If Mo does go, and he's confident in him, obviously he'll bet a lot.

The lead up to this Derby reads like a soap opera. "As Repole Turns".

Honestly, I'm looking forward to waking up on Sunday morning. I hope I wake up with more money than I had when I woke up on Saturday but all in all I'll be happy to see this Derby in the history books.

Reminds me of the horse that chased Secretariat - Sham.

Make the Uncle Mo-Repole sideshow stop. Horses sponsored by Pirate's Booty...Meet the Mo...daily vague interviews with excuses. Enough with the bull**** run him or take him out already. Let the coverage center around the Derby and who's going to be running in it.

Mike Repole's biggest problem? Mike Repole talking about Mike Repole in the 3rd person.

http://www.drf.com/news/kentucky-der...atus-still-air

“He’s gotten so much better since the Wood,” Repole said late Thursday morning. “Whether it’s enough, Todd Pletcher and the vets will make a decision and Mike Repole will live with that decision.”

Just finished watching a show (DVRd earlier today) about Barbaro's Derby. Watched it after watching some of the Versus coverage from today. What struck me when I saw Barbaro working at Churchill pre-Derby was how much it looked like Uncle Mo working pre-Derby.

I hope he runs.

According to the Twitterverse stewards are confirming Mo's scratch...

So this would be the third year in a row Pletcher has had to scratch the likely favorite. Sad.

2 years ago, wasn't the favorite I Want Revenge?

or Quality Road, they were pretty close. You might be right, but still.

I do believe Quality Road was still in the care of Jimmy Jerkens at the time he was declared from the 2009 Derby.