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Originally Posted by philcski
Dude, the guy's won f*cking 6000 races in his career, he knows what he's doing, and just because Larry Jones doesn't have the clients that (0-20 in the Derby) Todd Pletcher does, doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's doing.
I heard the same arguments about Smarty Jones' connections in 2004, and Barbaro's trainer last year, and some even questioned Laurin's handling of Secretariat.
If the horse is good enough, he'll win. If he isn't, he won't.
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I think there's a difference between knowing what you are doing at Delaware Park on a Tuesday and on the first Saturday in May after you have given about 200 interviews and brought all your friends and family there with every last one of them believing you will win.
If Hard Spun does exactly what I think he will do, Jones and Pino won't be the first to succumb to it or the last. Hard Spun is no Smarty Jones.
I think Elliot could have ridden him backwards and that horse would have done the exact thing he did.
Without a doubt, I would send him to the front and pray. You think Jones and Pino are just sitting there saying, "man, we got this. we know exactly what we are doing?"
The Derby is a powerful animal...and it has made more than a few trainers and jockeys do things differently than they normally would.