Pletcher ... Same Old Story

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Revidere

Since when are races like the Oaks, the Florida Derby, The Haskell, Turf Classic, Beldame, and Champagne booby prizes? 90 + stakes races won last year. Sounds like you need someone to blame for your lousy selections.

One last question: Would you take a win in any one of those races?

Thanks for playing.

You just don't get it.

First of all, I was AT every single race you list here except the Florida Derby. To me, winning these events are great accomplishments. But if I'm say, Tabor, and I've got my best horseflesh with him and he absolutely blows my horse's chances of winning the KENTUCKY Derby (the race that REALLY counts, not the damn Louisiana Derby) by trying to do it "his way", I'd be pretty angry.

Why are you so bitter that I question his methods in approaching the "big events"? He's got the best stock in the world, has the best riders in the world, the best assistants in the world, and runs his barn like a MACHINE. I have the utmost respect for him. But his record in the Derby and BC is no longer a "to be completed" point, it's a complete disaster.

For your information, I didn't pick a single Pletcher horse in the Derby top 3, or in last year's BC for that matter, so it had nothing to do with winning or losing money on him.