Apparently their whining about the deep surface has now reached the point they are threatening to go to the Haskell instead of the Travers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/sp...rssnyt&emc=rss
In fact, Iavarone said that he was now considering running Big Brown in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park rather than the Travers Stakes at Saratoga. The Haskell, which will be run Aug. 3, offers a $1 million purse, a potential participation fee and a track known to be tight and fast.
“I know we’d get favorable conditions on a track that is more to our liking,” he said. “I don’t want Big Brown to get on another racetrack he doesn’t like.”