What are your thoughts on Uncle Mo's Returning Race?

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Repole is just a character, comparing him to IEAH is fn stupid. If you like his personna or not racing could use 20 more Repole type owners.

Originally Posted by Gin talking

I have read a few stories about how Uncle Mo and specifically Repole are hoping to help racing with a star like Uncle Mo. Well running him twice before the derby and probably retiring him at the end of the year does not help racing at all. Run you horse..

Originally Posted by Danzig

altho i wish uncle mo wasn't being handled with such kid gloves, i certainly don't hold it against repole. this sport needs more owners; this guy seems to love the sport, and doesn't mind spending money. he just bought a couple horses at obs. we need him and more like him. owners first, work on more starts next.

Reading here and elsewhere about Mike Repole has made me wonder . . . Let's say for a moment that Mo is the next great horse, that he wins the Derby, and the Preakness, and maybe even the Triple Crown. Given the lauding about Repole's enthusiasm and what I've interpreted as his desire to boost the sport, what does Uncle Mo do for the rest of 2011? Would he campaign him aggressively? In the alternative, if Mo wins "only" one or two of the TC races, and races well through the end of the year and finishes sound, what are the chances that Mo comes back to race as a 4YO?

Partially answering my own first question, I am thinking of Repole repeatedly pointing Uncle Mo to the Wood Memorial for his last Derby prep race, but now backpeddling and saying that he may stay in Florida for the Florida Derby, saying, "It's up to Todd (Pletcher)."

After typing this ^^^^ I've slapped myself back to reality, knowing what Mo would have to achieve to even make my questions relevant. Here's to hoping that Uncle Mo comes up deserving of all the hype, and that then we get to see how Repole responds.