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@VincentColbert @NBCSports And insert horrid background music loop from hell

KY vets scratch Jerry Bailey. @NBCSports

@Pan_Zareta Stand by Erin.

Perhaps Bob's win % still intact because CA is in a free fall. Not the same anymore when traveling

@KentuckyDerby @NBCSports your production with that horrid music mixed in is a choice. Really. A choice. Having exclusive rights to broadcast and stream the undercard should not entitle you to the right to torture our ears as well.

WTF is this horrid background music on @peacock FFS make it stop. It is distracting from interviews.

@kaitlinebenson Would you say the most confident this week have been Mott and Brown?

I really like Chief Wallabee. He has looked so much better in the AM with the blinkers, he has trained like a machine. If the blinkers do in the evening what they have done in the morning that should be enough. Bill & Junior seem to have another air of confidence.

@3coltshandicap I agree.

@BeReal2025 Makes sense. But also feel like it’s not fair to a horse and their connections on the AE’s. My opinion: they should wait an extra 24 hours before officially scratching a horse, and treating AE’s as a “late scratch” if they don’t get in.

Good segway to this question: why wouldn’t scratch time for AE’s to draw into the race be at 9:30 AM today? Why was it yesterday, when AE 24 had to scratch? He would have got in the race if scratch time was today.

@mikebench1991 @3coltshandicap Oaks - Derby doubles.

@BeReal2025 @3coltshandicap Betting has been open for the Derby since Tuesday and the whole card I think since Thursday. Matt is right, dumb that scratch time is more than 24 hours out

@trifectabox I would love to see So Happy win, very much so, but wondering if the betting is his story and his name?

Interesting early wagering notes: So Happy at 5-1 Emerging Market at 9-1 #KyDerby

@TheBadAgent @ChurchillDowns @claibornefarm They bought him last year before he ran in Pacific Classic, he ran then as leased from Coolmore partners by them. Seems some deal for him was completed. IF he can win a Gr. 1 will be a nice stud prospect.

I couldn't help but notice that Hall of Fame is running today in 10th @ChurchillDowns for owner @claibornefarm. Did I miss anannouncement that they bought this horse from previous owners? Are there plans to stand him?

@ChurchillDowns The Black Stallion

Name the horse that got you interested in horse racing! ⤵️

@sullivanms @trifectabox @ChurchillDowns Racing is in a tough spot and they certainly as a collective industry earned every step of their way into that corner.

@BeReal2025 @trifectabox @ChurchillDowns Tomaytoe Tomahtoe

Kenny McPeek after Right to Party's vet scratch: “I don’t know how to do this anymore. Under this climate, I don’t know how to do it. I can’t wait to retire. I would quit today and feel okay about it. It’s not any fun anymore.” More: drf.com/news/kentucky-…

@sullivanms @trifectabox @ChurchillDowns Yeah. No. I will try again. (Aside from you noting they might be unethical and not have the horse's best interest at heart.) The state and regulatory vets in KY are abysmally incompetent because, wait for it. the good ones are in private practice with plenty of demand.

@BeReal2025 @trifectabox @ChurchillDowns It could also be that they were too intimidated by the trainers to do their job properly and didn't scratch when they should have. So that metric gives them cover when they get all the shit from the trainers, as they are.

@tactical_speed I wonder if Joe is allowed in the gate at CDI?

Louisville Locals Lament Longines Lap's Limited Latitude nytimes.com/2026/05/01/bus…

@trifectabox She really really did, such a game filly.

Bob Baffert on #KyOaks pacesetter Explora, who finished fourth: “They went fast. She was in a good spot and hung in there. Turning for home, she gave us a scream. I am proud of her; she ran her heart out.” (via CD recap)

@FanduelAnthony @jose93_ortiz It's only 8 more months to go!

Have to think @jose93_ortiz is the early favorite for the 2026 Eclipse award. 5 wins on Oaks day including the big one is something special!

@EquinealTDN So it nicks?

14 Grade 1 winners now for Gun Runner, 3 of which are out of Malibu Moon mares (Sierra Leone, Locked, Always A Runner). An additional 3 G1SW descend from A.P. Indy-line dams (Taiba {Flatter}; Society {Tapit}, Further Ado {Sky Mesa}). Super Corredora has a second dam by Pulpit.

@alett15 JFC. You can't hide the problem. The horses have to jog up on asphalt every morning for their barn and for the state vets.

🏇 Informe Oficial…!!! Según la Kentucky Horse Racing & Gaming Co., el veterinario Nick Smith informó a Kenny McPeek que Right to Party había mostrado signos de falta de solidez física durante los últimos 3 días. Fue retirado debido a “cojera en la pata delantera derecha” después de los entrenamientos. Cuentan que lo trabajaban con pony boy de un lado y un caballo del otro lado para “esconder” el problema al galopar

@sullivanms @trifectabox @ChurchillDowns I think this went over your head. If the vets are doing their jobs in the first place, then the rate would not be so high? So basically they are in CYA mode for other horses, and on high profile days, because they are too incompetent to know which horses need protection.

@BeReal2025 @trifectabox They have a clue that more horses died racing at @ChurchillDowns last year.

@a61268232247673 @trifectabox KY vets not preventing a whole helluva lot given their rate of death is twice the rest of the HISA tracks. Or in other words, they are not scratching the right horses, but they certainly are CYA at Keeneland and first week at CDI. @KennyMcPeek

@trifectabox Personally I don't find it very "fun" to watch a horse die from preventable causes