Spalding:
1. He should have come out for the 87 BC. But yes, when Success Express, who was lousy, won the Juvenile, FN was the deserving 2 year old champ.
2. Day's Derby ride was fine. He realized he couldn't afford to burn the horse up chasing WC and took back and made a late run. It almost worked. They tried the other approach in the Preakness and it didn't.
3. I agree about the early retirement.
4. I always felt his best race was the second to Alysheba in the Woodward. He beat a lot of good horses that day and the time was fast.
5. Krone said he stepped in a hole in the BC Classic. I believe her. I attended that day, and the track was awful.
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