Originally Posted by Blue Eyes

OK, so why the hell didn't his trainer ship him for those races??? The horse has proven he's not a great shipper. Why ship him out of the state to lose???[/QUOT

Hendricks did say that he hated shipping Brother Derek and would prefered not too for the big summer races. He briefly considered the Haskell. This is a mindset I don't believe in. If you have a talented 3 yr old that can definiltly win some of those races, you have to ship him. Outside of the Swaps there are no major races for the 3 yr olds. If you want to prove his worth you have to ship to the East there is no way around it. You can get away with it if you have a talented older horse since Cali has alot of great races but for 3 yr olds there is no option besides some really weak San " something" stakes at Del Mar.
I think he did this horse wrong this year.