High Five / Low Five
High Five!
High Five Silver Prospector and all the connections for winning the Southwest at Oaklawn Park and getting Kentucky Derby points and on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Low Five!
Big time Low Five for Joe Sharp. Bootleg de-wormer not allowed on thoroughbreds, metabolizes into possible PED, comes up positive weeks after he says he stopped using it, and the matter was handles very poorly by racing officials so Low Five there too!
High Five!
High Five Mr. Monomoy and Modernist and the connections of both. Congratulations on taking your respective divisions of the Risen Star and making your way to the Kentucky Derby trail.
Low Five!
We talk about cooperating and reform, and reject the Horse Racing Integrity Act and bringing in the Federal Government ……but on a stakes filled Saturday we can’t even manage to stagger post times. All day long we ran on top of each other across the country and even in different time zones. Comical. Clueless. Chaos. Big Low Five and an epic fail on that.
High Five!
High Five Luca Panici for winning the Sam F. Davis on Sole Volante at Tampa.
High Five!
High Five Umberto Rispoli who got his first stakes win in the US aboard Billy Batts in the Baffle at Santa Anita. It was only a matter of time. High Five to the connections as well.
Low Five!
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday proposed cutting more than 80% of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Trust Fund, a move that can pretty much destroy Parx. Yes it still has to pass, but Low Five to . Tom Wolf.
High Five!
High Five Mr. Bob Baffert, 3000 win milestone, in the R. B. Lewis, with Thousand Words who stays on the Kentucky Derby trail. Nobody does it better. Congratulations Bob!
High Five!
High Five to all the Kentucky Derby dreaming three year olds and their connections running today in The Swale and Holy Bull at Gulfstream, The R. B. Lewis at Santa Anita and The Withers at Aqueduct. Best of luck to all! A special High Five to Barclay Tagg, the Sackatoga Stable and Tiz the Law. Tagg and Sackatoga already have a Kentucky Derby under their belt with Funny Cide and salut to them for getting on the trail once again with Tiz the Law. They spend a lot less than a lot of outfits with a lot less success on the first Saturday in May.