Will You Please Ride My Horse? (Again)

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Danzig

it's a different situation than what is normally faced with a derby winning horse. how often do the connections come from new mexico? this is akin to mike smith taking off for the belmont to ride in cali-it's where he rides, and for a stable in which he's the first call rider. borel has people he usually rides for, it's not a surprise that he would make a multi-race commitment at all-especially when it's someone he has ridden for before, and will again. woolly will eventually head back to new mexico-it's not as tho borel would have long term benefits by sticking with just one horse, even tho that one horse is the derby winner.

But wouldn't it seem reasonable that if Borel has those feelings of loyalty to people he knows like that, they would be reasonable with him and understand that he's not just picking any horse over theirs but he's picking the Derby winner? If they are putting him in the position of having to chose them now or losing mounts from them later and not even understanding the special situation he's in, why would he even want to ride for them? It would seem like that's a very one-sided relationship where he's doing something for them out of friendship and loyalty but they can't reciprocate.