For The Record

[justindew]

Samarta,

Any time someone who has never met me or spoken to me calls me a name, I take absolutely zero offense.

Again, while my words were chosen poorly, I did not report that Hard Spun was stabled at Churchill Downs. I said that the clocker in question had watched him train "since his arrival at Churchill." If you want to get technical, Hard Spun DID arrive at Churchill in mid-April. He just happened to leave a few hours later and head back to Keeneland. I feel people focused on this poorly-worded passage because it made it easier to dismiss what I was "reporting" in the first place, which was that a clocker told me that Hard Spun looked sore and stiff, and I would not be betting on him as a result.

I have no idea if the horse was sore or not, but he sure didn't run like it in the Derby.

Every year, there is a horse (or two) who runs a great race in defeat in the Derby. That horse then gets heavily-bet in the Preakness, but loses again. Just to name a few:

Cavonnier
Prince of Thieves
Congaree
Medaglia D' Oro
Peace Rules
Lion Heart
Closing Argument
Sweetnorthernsaint

I think Hard Spun and Curlin are in danger of joining that list this year.