Strong Contender

Originally Posted by Danzig188

lukas worked his way up, baffert had a hand after starting as a QH trainer and pegram deciding to move into t'breds.
not sure why hoist seems so anti-pletcher, he learned from one of the best and has paid his dues as well. any successes he deserves, he's got a tremendous work ethic.
he doesn't have a classic win YET, but it will come.

Baffert was a jockey, you don't pay your dues better than that. I am not anti-pletcher, but you guys are like professional ass kissers. There are entire threads to how great he is because he won with a bunch of horses, one being 1-9. The guy continues to fail to win the big ones. 0 for 51 is not some coincidence. Calling him the modern day silver fox is nonsense.