Pletcher ... Same Old Story

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I agree with everything else you said---however, I don't understand what you mean by the above quote.

Besides Circular Quay, I felt his other four runners had all the proper preparation for the race.

There are some highly respected handicappers, who have a choice of the entire field, and fail to come up with the winner year-after-year in this race.

I don't believe a single post time favorite won this race in the entire decade of the 80's and 90's...zero-for-twenty. I don't believe Pletcher has ever had the favorite or second favorite in this race.

If he can get horses like Bluegrass Cat, Invisible Ink, and Impeachment to run in the top three---with the massive stable of top prospects he gets every year...it's only a matter of time.

Bluegrass Cat was the Derby favorite as of January 1, 2006. I know that's usually useless as tits on a bull, but this year's Derby favorite on Jan 1 DID win, and I attribute a lot of that to the trainer's efforts.