Im not sure on this, but it could be because of the meds he's on. Likely he has to come off them 24-72 hours and they want to evaluate his condition the am of the Derby. Horses coats and attitudes can change significantly when changes in medication occur. Ive been in this predicament plenty of times, although not quite with the calibur of this horse and the magnitude of this race...just a random thought...

So, are John Velazquez and Ramon Dominguez going to have Pirate's Booty embroidered across their butts?

Pirate's Booty announces sponsorship of Uncle Mo, Stay Thirsty

Read more: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...#ixzz1LPrW4gCN

Via the Twitterverse... "Repole on Uncle Mo at #18: if he's as great as we think he is and he's 100 percent, its a great position to be in"

We had our press conference at LAD today and we always do a "pick the Derby winner" contest for the media. If they pick the right horse, and win the drawing, their company/friends get a suite for a day at the races.

Anyway, unlike years past, no one really had any sort of idea what to do about this race... it's just not at the top of mind like it should be.

Uncle Mo losing the Wood was really a big hit, I think, to this year's race. The three weeks leading-up to the Derby would have been a totally different ballgame with him undefeated.

Hopefully the fans still bet on Saturday though... we'll see.

I. Hate. Jockey. Advertising.

If this isn't the quote of a losing horse's owner, before the race is even run, I don't know what is...

“If he’s healthy, than nobody beats him,” Repole said after Uncle Mo drew post 18 in the field of 20. “As a two-year-old, he could beat these three-year-olds. If he runs as good as he ran at two, then he’ll win.” From...

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...mo-starts.aspx

That's a..."my horse is better, if he's 100%, he beats everyone, no doubt, but if he isn't 100%, he can be beat."

They say 50/50, I think it's 90/10 he doesn't run. Hope he does to play against.

It seems silly to me to be concerned about how much any one individual is betting on this race. The pool is so large that any amount less than one million will be barely noticed.

Considering we're talking about a guy who is worth multiple BILLIONS of dollars, I'm going to go ahead and say he could affect (or is it effect? Where's Justin?) the pool if that's what he wanted to do.

I am hearing rumors louder than ever that he is scratching....of course the same people said Dialed In might as well....

repole runs quite a risk with these comments. if the horse runs, and is healthy, and something were to go wrong-he'd be knee deep in an investigation worse than life at ten.
and anyone would be expected to scratch their horse if they aren't ready to run-why would anyone need to say so?

If he does hopefully it's decided soon...then maybe Repole can take a break from letting everyone know that if "Mo" was a 100% he'll win easily. Run him or scratch him...enough with the vague interviews. I'm sure there are numerous horses throughout the years who could've won the Derby if they were 100%.

I really thought finding someone less likable than than Ivarone would never happen. And yet along comes a spider.

Yea i went from liking him last year, to shut the f up already...

Who are we talking about that is worth multiple billions?

A-F-F-E-C-T is correct.

Multiple billions is not.

Not Repole..Mark Cuban?

So what's gonna be said if Mo runs but gives a "Life at Ten" type performance? Will it take another 10 months to sort that out?

It's like a friend of mine says.....people think I have a lot of money that I don't have.

I love a good whipping

The guy's trying to buy part of the Mets, Repole's got to be at least a billionaire, no?

I don’t think Mo is going to run in the Derby. He’s been suspect all year; the GI infection, surgery, Repole’s most recent comments, and now Mike Welsch reports today that “he appears to be a little on the light side”.

Although, his coat looks good. :rolleyes:

I hopehe runs

According to you he just dropped a few billion. Tough day.

He's got a lot of money. Isn't that enough?

I think you think I have a problem with the guy; I don't. I think he's been great for the game, and really don't particularly care how wealthy he is. My point was simply that the man has the means in a $100 million-ish pool to actually change the odds if he really had his mind set on doing it.

Why not focus on the way Repole went about his business learning the game from marginal animals..He wasn't a Jay O and went to Keeneland buying a few 500k yearlings. The man learned the gme from the bottom up before he ventured into he higher end of the market. Give him credit..Asl Satish Sanan if he wished he did it Repole's way?

You are wrong.

I'm now going to break one of my own rules. Suggest what someone else should do with their money.

Instead of betting big bucks to make Mo the favorite, I wish Repole would take that amount of money and throw it into Thoroughbred rescues and charities.

Just a thought.

See for yourself:
http://www.twitvid.com/33Z1Z

looks good to me. switched on cue..the horse was born with that action...

Hasn't Steve reported that he looks like a different colt then the one he saw at Aqueduct? Thats enough for me he knows what he is looking at.

He'll be scratched. Suddenly Repole owes it to us.

“This isn’t going to be a Saturday decision,” he said. “We owe it to the racing fans, we owe it to the public; it’s not our intention to drag this out.”

Uncle Mo's status still up in the air

More:

Now he's talking in the third person. . . seems about right. I tried to like this guy and thought some of the hate was unwarranted, but his act is getting tired fast.

Clip-Clop cannot stand that, too self important even for me.

Scratch already. Unless this is some kind of show to get the odds up through the roof and the horse is brilliant (though that's out since he has "guaranteed" favoritism). They ought to just opt out.

What are you people talking about? Uncle Mo died just days after the Breeders' Cup. That has been pretty common knowledge in Scandinavia for months now. Anybody who thinks Uncle Mo is still alive must have his or her "head buried up someone elses ass" so that they can keep their "delusions safe."

I can't believe you people trust the government....er....Repole.

That is funny. I think even Charlie would concur.

This sideshow appears to be nearing a merciful end. Widespread reports that they'll announce the SCR tomorrow...

Thank God

Hopefully before I go to Parx to make my annual donation to my Superfecta-401K plan.