Barbaro (the Champ)

Originally Posted by Gander

Who exactly is left on the East Coast besides Bernardini and possibly Invasor for Lava Man to change his plans and run a prep against? You guys act like the East coast contains 4-5 older horses that Lava Man should have to worry about.

The connections are gambling that the problems he's had shipping east are corrected. To me it would be wise to make sure the problems have been corrected a race before the Classic instead of playing the safe card and running him in the Hirsch.