"no, no, it's too scary"

Two-year olds are touchy enough as it is, particularly this early in the year, so it was a bit curious to see Garret Gomez try to gun Dubit through on the rail in the Astoria on Sunday. Clearly, he had a ton of horse throughout and the more sensical move would have been to angle outside of the speed and produce his filly for a run. Nah, he went with option b: taking dirt all the way around and trying to squeeze through a tiny, tiny opening that few grizzled veteran horses would gun through. My guess is that Dubit will need some quality time with a therapist after that one.