lava man...
 

i think he losses this weekend, with a good ride i think ball four has a big shot, and also arson squad, i strongly feel one of those horses will upset him this weekend. the connections dont know what they want to do with lava man, turf, dirt, dubai........i think he might be a bit vunerable in this spot

The connections don't know what they want to do with the horse? That will come as a surprise to Doug O'Neill.

Here he is tonight on ATRAB talking about Lava Man as well as Great Hunter, Liquidity, Notional, Cobalt Blue and Stevie Wonderboy... And even "Sonic".. http://www.attheracesandbeyond.com/stream/22707c.mp3

wow...Ball Four over Lava Man???? Sometimes you just need to sit one out and admire a nice horse and watch him run...but Ball Four needs Florence, KY and slow Grade 3 company

AND a bad ride from Desmeroux.....

CORRECT!!!! That was a peach he gave PTap!!

It's always nice to hear about the 2007 Kentucky Derby winner. :D

I'm telling on you to Scat Daddy & Mr. T. :D

Excellent interview Steve. Actually called my brother after it was over and told him to listen to the archives. A ton of info. on all of his horses crammed into a half hour. O'Neill is one of the true "nice guys" in the sport.

I don't care where or when it happens, I can't wait to see Lava Man kick English Channel's arse... I hope it is in Dubai, but I'd settle for anywhere other than CA.

Thx Bigs.. He's easy to talk to and has so many going... It was a fun show.

There's also a great half hour at 4:30 with Steve Rei, founder of the new National Equine Rescue Coalition...

kasept i was not aware of that when i made this post, the last i herd was a ALL TURF campaign, thanks for the info... but anyway you look at it im not intrested in betting him at 1-5, and i still think one of those 2 horses can beat him

I give respect to Lava Man now. He is to me the modern day John Henry because he is as effevtive on the dirt and on the turf. I hope he sweeps the california big races this year like he did last. What a feat that would be!!!!

PG,

Honestly, I stopped trying to beat him, in California anyway, after he cost me the Magna 5 last year.. (The Magna 5 where Miesque's Approval won the Sunshine Millions Turf.. at 50-1 or whatever).

Is wilko going in the Kilroe, or the Derby

His Derby days are over :p but he is going to the Big Cap.

The only play that makes less sense than betting against Lava Man in California, is betting on Lava Man anywhere else.

I dont know why I had Santa Anita Derby stuck in my head

Wilko is going to win the Big Cap

I enjoyed it, too. I liked how quickly O'Neill credited the groom for his work. And I got a kick about the groom maybe having a Lava Man wing in the new house he's building in Guatemala.

--Dunbar

Wilko isn't going to be entered in the big cap.
I don't think Dollase knows where he's going next, but I'm sure they'd like to find a spot for him to be competitive and it clearly isn't graded stakes races.