Pletcher ... Same Old Story

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

My problem was that he seems to be sending his horses in without proper preperation for the DERBY.

I agree with everything else you said---however, I don't understand what you mean by the above quote.

Besides Circular Quay, I felt his other four runners had all the proper preparation for the race.

There are some highly respected handicappers, who have a choice of the entire field, and fail to come up with the winner year-after-year in this race.

I don't believe a single post time favorite won this race in the entire decade of the 80's and 90's...zero-for-twenty. I don't believe Pletcher has ever had the favorite or second favorite in this race.

If he can get moderate horses like Bluegrass Cat, Invisible Ink, and Impeachment to run in the top three---with the massive stable of top prospects he gets every year...it's only a matter of time.