not cool

Real nice of Bob Lapenta, owner of War Pass, to come out after the race and share that his colt had a little fever earlier in the week. (You can watch Tampa Bay Derby here.) Guess what, Bob? You keep that kind of information to yourself, talk up your boy all week, and then have him run like he did means that you can't play the fever card, I'm sorry. Either everything is disclosed beforehand, or nothing at all. War Pass was horrible, probably due to whatever he had going on, and the race is essentially a toss. I'd point him to the Met Mile, but they'll go in the Wood and look to continue on in Kentucky. A really, really good horse. Exposed a little earlier than most anticipated as a Derby pretender, but that's the nature of the beast this time of year.

Veiled Reference is coming up on her thirty days off come the end of this week. We'll radiograph her again and likely dial up another 30 days off just for good measure. That should set her up well to commence training in late April for a summer/fall campaign.