[King Glorious]

The problem with running in the Derby Trial is simple. Sure, I don't see any reason why a horse can't come back in a week but I also understand, like Cannon said, that this is a copy cat thing, and until some big timers start doing it with success, it's not going to be done. But let's just say that Pletcher did want to do it and could convince the owners to do it. Then what? You come back in the Derby the next week. Well, why enter the Derby if you don't plan on winning it? So they win the Derby and nobody is going to skip the Preakness with a Derby winner. I think that you have to plan for all three races if you plan for the first one. So really, if your plan is to go in the Derby and you run in the Derby Trial, you've got to think about it as four races in seven weeks and not just think about the coming back in one week. I'm going to say that may be a bit much. Maybe if we were talking about that sprinter that lady ran in the TC last year or the year before. But not with a horse that's run three times in his career. I think that this is what the biggest problem is these days. People focus so much on the Derby that they don't think about the other two races. Horses are athletes and they need to be conditioned. You can't run a horse once a month or once every 6-8 weeks then then expect him to all of a sudden be ready for three races in six weeks.