Colonial, 6-16

Can Muchu ride?

I think he did a pretty good job yesterday, especially for a bug boy. He had a very rough day Friday, but settled down and gave Kill Devil Rum a solid ride in the first Saturday. There's no question he can ride, but he's going to make some mistakes here and there, thus the apprentice tag. In a couple weeks, I think he'll be very solid.

By the way, I hope everyone saw Kill Devil Rum's awesome run. He got nipped in the closest photo I've seen in a long time. AND, thanks to you guys, I hit the exacta in the first for $474 and pretty much quit betting for the day!

And Logaritimo in the eighth: was pinched hard at the start, had to rally from 15 lengths, six or eight wide around the turn, but was mowing them down in the stretch. Took third and would have won with another 20 yards.

BTW, based on what I saw in the paddock and on the track, keep an eye on Desert Thunder and Jungle Fighter the rest of the meet. Jungle Fighter was an especially impressive animal.