Va Derby

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

WLAL will love the CCA Oaks distance....very live filly in that spot....as for Showing Up...that is actually surprising to me because it is $1 million that he would be 4-5 in....How is that not attractive?...That is as rare a scenario that you'll get as an owner/trainer....odds-on fave for $1 million on a course where your horse just dominated a solid field of turf 3yos....Wow, I can't believe they'd pass unless something was ailing the horse.....Maybe they are trying to keep him fresh for a race like the Gr. I Secretariat at ARL next month.....That would be the only logical reason I would see them forgoing the Virginia Derby proposition.....They might be out-smarting themselves here.....

I wouldn't go believing anything mp3 writes here as fact without a link to the story. I just sent an e-mail to find out the real story. The plan was still to run him last I heard. He didn't work this weekend because he didn't need the work. It is completely possible they are passing but Tagg is not one to make up his mind almost 2 weeks before the race. Remember Tagg ran him back in 2 weeks for the derby so 3 weeks is not a big deal. This is a 10F race at Colonial though so maybe he thinks it is just too much. This horse has a 4yr old season ahead of him so I guess they might want to be careful with him.