Ron The Greek -- a real campaigner

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Kasept

While trusting in Mott's judgement might be reliable in most circumstances, in this case his preference was to run Ron the Greek in the Kelso. The owners pushed to run.

Props to his owners!

Gameness gets rewarded for a change.

The Kelso would have been a lousy spot for Ron The Greek as it played out. Slow pace and loose lead Graydar. I doubt he wins that given the way it developed

[pucknut]

palace really surprised me thought he liked this surface
and orb whoa that freak may have one race peaked
easy excuse but cross traffics gate problems totally changed the race

[Merlinsky]

Given what happened to Fort Larned earlier this year, it's worth pointing out that saying he was on a loose lead also means, in this particular instance, he had a jockey up at the time.