Why would he not choose Adriano?
Monba ran once over the track - got a great stalking trip - and was life and death to beat a nothing field.
Tale of Ekati has run three straight moderate figures - and he doesn't project to improve at all stretching out. On top of that, I guess Tagg complained about his Wood ride.
Instead of riding a known commodity who had no realistic shot of winning - wouldn't you prefer an unknown quantity who's ceiling might or might not be a whole lot higher?
A. P. Indy gets better dirt horses than turf horses - Mr. Prospector gets better dirt horses than turf horses - the 2nd dam is a half to Bet Twice who beat out Alysheba in the old Chrysler Triple Crown Series point standings. Even though he's always been handled like a turf horse - and even though he's been effective on turf and synthetic - no one can rationally say that one roughly run race where he was marooned out in the 12 hole at GP is enough to prove he stinks on dirt.
Adriano might have the worst chance percentage wise at a top 8 finish of the three - but he has the best chance percentage wise of winning the race of those three horses.
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