i honestly feel bad for him that he lost being rags to riches regular rider - that's a load of crap, i think anyway.. but that's just me. i don't think that was fair on the part of pletcher, people are gonna say "well he shouldn't have committed to hard spun" but, he wasn't even told til 930 AM on the day prior to entries that the filly was in. not saying he should be thrown back on rags, but still - well, i guess that's racing. but that's just my thoughts.