This probably won't help much, but anyway, there was a psycic on Mancow's radio show earlier in the week and he said he sees the race being, 5-4-1. I'm sure Miss Cleo would have other numbers, but hey, you never know.
I am not sure yet but I think I will include Indian Express in any exotics. It seems every year Baffert is cashing in, and I have to have something on his horse even if it is only in an exacta or trifecta.
Empire Maker is the heaviest morning-line choice since Arazi in 1992 in a race that has been difficult for favorites. Since 1979, only one favorite -- Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000 -- has won.
Frankel played down any perceived problems with Empire Maker, including his right front foot. The colt aggravated a bruise in it this week, but by Friday things were under control, Frankel said.
``He's 100 percent,'' he said. ``He's going to run good. Don't worry about it.''
Empire Maker showed his temperamental side in his first gallop Friday since irritating his foot three days earlier. He suddenly veered sideways while coming around a turn on the track and backed up toward the outer rail.
An outrider on a pony reached over and grabbed Empire Maker's bridle and helped settle him down. With Cuevas aboard, the colt then galloped through the stretch and left the track with another pony.
``He pulled one of his little acts,'' Frankel said. ``That's why I was laughing when I came off the track. It's just part of the drama of this whole thing.'' But according to one of the top
handicappers in the U.S., The Chicken sees it a little different.
A bruise is a bruise. They take time to heal. Man and animal
are no different. I don't want to lay eggs if my backside is bruised.
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