7/2-4 (BEL): Suburban/Dwyer; Futurity/Matron/Bed o' Roses; Prioress

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Pochman revealed that every Kentucky horseman he talked to before the LSP Hcp asked whether or not Flat Out was coming to the race. He found that so odd because Flat Out, at that point, was just an allowance winner off a long layoff, and that it was somewhat indicative that this horse had been looking really solid in the mornings at Churchill.

I would say it had very little at all to do with how Flat Out was training.

I would think the reason (any sharp Kentucky) horsemen (with at least one halfway ok horse) most likely wanted to know if FO was going to Lone Star - was because the Lone Star Park Handicap had a 300K purse, Graded status, and handicap conditions ... and it only ended up as a field of five with Flat Out.

If Flat Out doesn't go - it's a field of four and becomes a very attractive spot to run.