Trainer Quotes from Monday's action

[Thoroughbred Fan]

The point of preps is to prep. No you shouldn't scratch. There will be bad post positions in the Derby as well. What you should do is attempt to run the best race possible for the conditions. They showed that they had done no preparation relative to racing the horse. A close second with the best trip you could make from that post position would have been nice. How about a ground saving trip even if you have to compromise you distance from the leader a little bit. Save ground run where the track bias tells you to run and then see what you get in the stretch.

[MisterB]

Don't you think you need better reason to scratch a horse, than a post position. The stewarts would have their hands full of whinners, and complainers.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by MisterB

Don't you think you need better reason to scratch a horse, than a post position. The stewarts would have their hands full of whinners, and complainers.

Wasn't a scratch, because of Post Position, the reason Teuflesburg ended up in this race?

[Cannon Shell]

Two things
1. Trainers of beaten favorites often need to deflect attention to outside influences to try to distract the owners from firing them and giving the horse to Pletcher or Dutrow (when he returns from Carnivale)
2. I'll bet he wont be signing the same tune if he draws post 1 in his next race.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Two things
1. Trainers of beaten favorites often need to deflect attention to outside influences to try to distract the owners from firing them and giving the horse to Pletcher or Dutrow (when he returns from Carnivale)
2. I'll bet he wont be signing the same tune if he draws post 1 in his next race.

I hear ya.

However, it's so refreshing when a trainer is a straight shooter, and takes responsibility for a decisive tactical mistake that leads to a loss.

An example, with Rick Violette, who's 3-year-old filly Dream Rush lost an ALW race at 3/10 odds in late Jan. Violette took full blame for the loss, rightly saying his instructions "handcuffed" Bejarano and cost him the race.

Next time out, the Violette filly broke slow, was sent, and went wire-to-wire to an impressive score in the Old Hat Stakes, leaving Dreaming of Anna badly in her wake.

From a bettors standpoint, it gets pretty annoying when you constantly see jockeys and trainers blaming everyone but themselves, for tactical errors they make.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by MisterB

Don't you think you need better reason to scratch a horse, than a post position. The stewarts would have their hands full of whinners, and complainers.

Not in a stake, no reason necessary up to 45 mins to post