[pmayjr]

I think Ring Weekend has a live shot. I was gonna use him in the Derby before he scratched.

IMO the Calder race was an experiment. Since he had already qualified for the Derby, Motion had nothing to lose by seeing if Ring Weekend could rate. It didn't go well, he played tug-o-war with Alan Garcia the whole way, and got beat.

Motion thought about not running him in the Derby, but he had been working well enough that Motion decides to run him (before the fever). He said on ATR that Ring Weekend was working so well that he was having trouble finding excuses to not run him.

With a good work leading up to the Preakness, this time, they're gonna let him run, with no holding him back. If he craps out, so be it. But Motion places his horses so well. I think for Motion to run him here, he thinks he's got a legit shot. I didn't have a chance to take him in the Derby, hopefully he'll still have good value on Saturday