I was thinking Baffert and Jaycito for Borel. Especially with Baffert naming him on Misremembered.
It's impossible to ignore Borel's stats over that dirt track - especially from an ROI standpoint. They defy logic and reason so much ... that I still have crazy thoughts sometimes about if he has a device or if he's got someone firming up a path litterally right on top of the rail for him. When other guys are "inside" or "racing along the rail" - they don't seem to be quite as far inside as he gets.
When that track is wet - there are many days when the inside was bad for everyone else but great for him - Derby day last year for instance. Almost everything he kept on top of the rail ran huge that day - but otherwise, the four and five paths seemed like the ideal place to be.
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