The point of preps is to prep. No you shouldn't scratch. There will be bad post positions in the Derby as well. What you should do is attempt to run the best race possible for the conditions. They showed that they had done no preparation relative to racing the horse. A close second with the best trip you could make from that post position would have been nice. How about a ground saving trip even if you have to compromise you distance from the leader a little bit. Save ground run where the track bias tells you to run and then see what you get in the stretch.
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