Can someone explain the Colonel John silliness to me?

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

The whole synthetic/dirt question is THE story of this Derby.

Especially since Pyro's connections just stated that if Pyro wins the Derby, he will not go to the BC Classic because it will be on synthetic(someone remind me of the site).

Colonel John is a very conservative safe pick, I believe, without alot of negatives(or positives, for that matter) who might be 6-1. It's a pick for unimaginative handicappers(lol)

[alysheba4]

santa anita could switch back to dirt..........although the CUSION seams to be more comparable to dirt than POLY.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

I think the real silliness is making Big Brown the Derby favorite off of one race.....by the way, Colonel John is my top pick at this time. Process of elimination, all the other possible favorites got holes in them too. At least Colonel John has run consistent, albeit on a non-dirt surface.

I thought he had some dirt runs at two?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Mike

Especially since Pyro's connections just stated that if Pyro wins the Derby, he will not go to the BC Classic because it will be on synthetic(someone remind me of the site).

Colonel John is a very conservative safe pick, I believe, without alot of negatives(or positives, for that matter) who might be 6-1. It's a pick for unimaginative handicappers(lol)

If Pyro wins the Derby his connections better worry more about the Preakness than the Classic.