I don't see all that but hey, it's horse racing. There was no dirt form to evaluate. He liked Churchill and jumped up. Happens with 3yos and happens with surface switches. Horse could be great and just totally concealed by what they asked him to do before the Derby.

Other than that the early pace killed most of them. Zandon did what he was supposed to, and as per what JB said in his comments Epicenter got a good draw for what he was going to do. The others knocked each other out. When they separate into smaller fields for stakes races we'll see how good they are.

I'm not reading much about Baffert. Two horses figured. Took money, didn't run. Neither did the one earlier in the card. Before the day I thought it was win/win for Baffert. If they win he's a genius and they can't blame him for cheating and if he loses, Yakteen is not a great trainer. Now I'm not so sure. And I'm much happier with this winner's story than reading about another miracle where Baffert, again, plucks the magic three year old from the 10s of thousands of eligible horses every year. Obviously without his "personal touch" they're missing something.