That’s sux. No way he runs in pa derby now. Awesome again for sure

Mucho Gusto coming after zippy drill..

this should be interesting....

1. Owendale (Brad Cox/Florent Geroux) 6-1
2. Code Of Honor (Shug McGaughey/John Velazquez) 4-1
3. Highest Honors (Chad Brown/Luis Saez) 10-1
4. Laughing Fox (Steve Asmussen/Ricardo Santana Jr.) 30-1
5. Everfast (Dale Romans/Martin Chuan) 30-1
6. Tacitus (Bill Mott/Jose Ortiz) 5-2
7. Mucho Gusto (Bob Baffert/Joe Talamo) 6-1
8. Chess Chief (Dallas Stewart/Mike Smith) 30-1
9. Looking At Bikinis (Chad Brown/Javier Castellano) 10-1
10. Scars Are Cool (Stan Hough/Tyler Gaffalione) 30-1
11. Endorsed (Kiaran McLaughlin/Joel Rosario) 15-1
12. Tax (Danny Gargan/Irad Ortiz Jr.) 6-1

Rosario on Endorsed....take my money.

Will back up with a Tacitus/Endorsed exacta.

Has Joe Talamo ever ridden at Saratoga ??? Equibase goes back to 2017 for jockey stats at the Spa..not sure where else to look. Looks like he might have a chance on MG and I was wondering how he has fared at the Spa in the past

Once, a 9th.

https://www.equibase.com/premium/cha...6&cy=USA&rn=11

Thanks K....doesn't give me a lot if any confidence on Mucho Gusto unless there is a jockey change

Find it hard to believe Mucho Gusto will get 10 furlongs.

Baffert/Smith 7 for 9 at Spa last 3 years so let’s change to Talamo:zz:

Mucho Gusto may not win Saturday (I won’t be using). But it certainly won’t be due to Joe Talamo. He is a first rate jock who has ridden in many big races. I think he can handle Saratoga.

Paul

There's no change. Talamo has been riding Mucho Gusto from the start. And even if he hadn't, Mike Smith wasn't available having committed to Dallas Stewart well before Baffert made the decision to send Mucho Gusto Monday.

I'll reiterate again that the Baffert uses Talamo on horses where physical strength are of paramount importance.

I like Talamo and he is having a solid meet at Delmar. Hes a good rider. Hard to ever count out Baffert horses in big races but seems like a last minute audible to run here. Looking at this race someone is going to take them a long way out front. I think Code of Honor is horse to beat.

All during the Triple Crown season, Baffert makes audible calls and sends horses out of town (Oaklawn, Sunland) based on how they're doing at the moment.

My lack of confidence is not so much in Joe's skills but his familiarity with the track. My opinion is these jocks, and NYRA has a slew of top notch riders, build a rhythm with the track. Most of the riders in the Travers have been going at it 5 days a week for over a month at the Spa. Joe has one ride at Toga in the last four years and how many races against this NYRA colony? I'm not knocking skills but track experience, and most likely I will look elsewhere but I like Mucho Gusto. Its internal at this point....

Tacitus lost...weird. Hopefully he gets a better trip next time.

That was a war, and Code of Honor a very deserving winner. It’s honestly going to be sickening if Maximum Security ducks his way to an Eclipse Award in a division of hard-trying, likable colts like we saw in the Travers.