cliff notes

Really great article from latest Rolling Stone on the makings of our current situation. Breaks it all down quite nicely. If you only read a handful of pieces on the whole sad story, this should be one of 'em.

Veiled Reference went in company last week. Think she was to go 3 1/2 furlongs, so she'll breeze a half mile sometime this week. Tim works her now in concert with the phases of the moon (little odd, I know), but I try not to interfere with his training methods. If it's not the moon, maybe it was the rain we had. Moon would be so much cooler, though. Travel north to barn is on my to do list.

Quality Road a super nice horse, but definitely one we'll get to bet against come May. Sat perfect trip again on Saturday; will be a tough one to come by in big race. He has some issues w/ dirt, the inside, and relaxing, in general - three no-nos for the Derby. Sure, he might still pull it off, but he'll be solid play against at short price. Jimmy Jerkens still a genius, so no disrespect intended; we're talking parimutuelly, peoples.