Looking at It's A Bird's TG sheet, the corresponding races for Pletcher, mostly on turf and synth, were three 5's, a 6, and a 7. His one race at Bay Meadows, his only dirt try, was a 9.
With Wolfson, all on Florida dirt, he has run 4, 3, three 1's, and a 2, not including Saturday's performance. All this improvement was accomplished at age 5.
I have no problem with Wolfson's coming on Steve's show yesterday and defending himself, needless to say. It was his "blanket" defense of everyone else that I found questionable. Not to mention, he's the first person I have ever heard defend Scott Lake.
The attitude that Beyer's column is bad for the game, and therefore should not have been written, is something I completely disagree with. This pervasive attitude of when something happens, deal with it quietly and then sweep it under the rug, is the absolute reason we are having this discussion NOW.
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