[Betsy]

I am the biggest AP Indy fan in the world, but I don't like this horse at all. He was completely ungenuine - his poor efforts far outweighed his good ones, and usually he didn't try at all. For a graded stakes winner on turf and dirt, APW was not very good. I'm sure they retired him because, with further racing, all APW would have done was to continue to lower his potential stud fee. Smart move by the owner - I'm sure John Shirreffs advised him that he could do nothing further with this colt.

Old Trieste's premature death was a shame - that horse had bad luck when he had any luck at all. I really like Malibu Moon and adore Pulpit. Frankly, I'm not that high on Congrats. I thought he was a great TC prospect as a two year old, but he was just a rather decent grade 3 type for most of his career. I'm much higher on his full brother, Flatter, who was lightly raced and relatively untested, but very fast. I think Claiborne made the right move in keeping him instead of Congrats.