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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Brian are you at all concerned with the sudden change of plans? Granted, when a horse like Mine That Bird wins the Derby, you have to look at the Preakness a little differently. But last week Romans thought the Preakness would be too much. Now they're going. Methinks Barry Irwin has Preakness fever.
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I don't think it's much of a change of plans, because the Preakness was definitely on the table right after the Derby Trial. With that, unless between now and then they had completely backed off of him not expecting to race at all again anywhere anytime soon, the change of plans doesn't bother me. It seems like was on the radar to begin with, and like you say, obviously Mine That Bird makes it a whole lot more enticing.
He and Cash Refund have been my two most exciting horses of 2009, and neither has let me down yet.
DALE ROMANS (trainer of first-place finisher Hull) – “I loved what I saw out there today. He relaxed off the pace, and when the rider asked him to run, he really exploded. He’s as good as anybody around right now. He’s opened up in all three of his races. We entered in the Lexington but we had this race as our backup. Everything had to be perfect if he ran in that race (Lexington), because he was coming back so soon after the Turfway race (on April 2), and when he drew post 12, we didn’t hesitate to scratch him and point for this. We’ll take a look and see what happens in the Derby, who goes on from there and who doesn’t. The Preakness is a possibility for him right now.”