I have taken your above post and removed all of the junk that didnt answer the points I made. By the way, you might do well for the Bush administration with your posts.
Here is the only thing that appears to be your point
Mr. Roman himself said that the horse would be make his presense felt early on, even though he felt he wouldn't be anywhere in it at the end. Even Mr. Roman doesn't think the horse belongs in the race, yet the one overwhelming statement has been that he'll make his presense felt early on. That's a pretty simple statement which I think you could see.
Yet over all of the years of racing that I have seen, and I have followed the game since 1970, I have seen rabbits entered, when they dont belong and the race never was made a mockery or a danger to any of the horses. Not only that I have seen rabbits that have won stake races because horses have stayed away from them. Although Mr. Romans horse is not a rabbit for another entry mate he is a horse that may be on the lead or prominent early. If you note I bolded the word may in the last sentance. Mr. Roman can hype, dare or threaten anyone in the race, yet Mr. Roman doesnt ride the horse. Hopefully a skilled jockey will be on the horse and determine whats best for the horse. I doubt Dutrow, as the trainer and an experienced trainer would tell the jockey "I dont care how quick you go, nobody gets by you"
Mr. Roman may have made some statements that are not normally seen in the racing worlds, but he has every right to run his horse, and perhaps ruin his horse. The same way I see plenty of horses that have no business running in the Derby and then never running well or even winning another race again in their careers.
I would think that with Rags To Riches now entered, Digger might not go.
By the way, when was the last time a filly won the Belmont? I can't believe someone would run a filly against boys at 1.5miles in June, on the dirt. She could be ruined as a racehorse.
Enjoy the race this weekend, ELA, I will too.
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