Canterbury is definitely out. They'd have to sacrifice their entire meet to lure him. However, I can't fault them for injecting themselves into the mix and bringing some attention to their racing. A good PR guy there is drumming up some attention for them. Parx is going to make a real play for him and I think they'll likely get him. Haskell and PA Derby. I think Materialiy may go in the Jim Dandy and Travers, Frosted will run in the Travers and Baffert may sent Dortmund to the Travers. Not a lot to beat there for a lot of money. AP get $300K for just showing up at Parx. More if he wins the Haskell and they bump that up. Plus the purse. I think they'll probably make it worth close to $1 mil to show up and $2 mil to win at Parx. Hard to ignore. Dortmund may run in the Los Al Derby with Firing Line, but I think they'll keep the latter out there.
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