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Originally Posted by ELA
Pletcher was disappointed. He was interviewed right there, on the spot, that moment. With everything considered, and of course his horse got beat fairly easily as well, emotion is going to come into play. No matter how he got beat, he got beat and Pletcher would be disappointed. Easy to understand.
As far as the Derby goes, if they want to try and get in -- rushing, pushing the envelope, etc. -- if that's the price they want to pay, they will pay it.
Eric
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Eric,
Does that also excuse his berating Gulfstream President Bill Murphy?
I guess this was the first 'big day' track Todd Pletcher ever ran horses on, so we should all sympathize.
They press any further with Dunkirk and they'll be no Dunkirk. He was already noticeably thin and wan...
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