More on Rocker

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For anyone who's interested, I sniffed out these comments from Pletcher or we can move this to the esoteric section.

Todd Pletcher comments:

"It's disappointing for sure," said trainer Todd Pletcher, who guided the colt to three consecutive wins before the horse fizzled as the favourite when fourth in the Plate Trial three weeks ago.

"Any time a horse runs for the first time on a synthetic surface you never know how they are going to do; that's why we sent him (to the Trial). But he seems to be a horse that prefers dirt."

Harlem Rocker had a workout over the Polytrack surface last Saturday but the colt tired noticeably at the end of the five-furlong prep.

"He didn't finish as strongly as he should have and when you are getting ready for a 1 1/4 mile race like the Plate, that's not a good sign," said Pletcher.