Why Not Just Leave American Pharoah On The East Coast

[afleetphil]

Back and forth. Back and forth. What's the point of keep bringing him back west, when all of his races are in the east. Doesn't make sense to me. Any ideas.

[Raven]

Home Sweet Home?

[curtis]

Baffert wants to keep him close.

[Catalina]

Or he feels that AP cannot be cared for the way he wants elsewhere, or AP perks up back in the same barn with all his buddies, or any number of things.

[Man o Taz]

Baffert wants to keep him close.

I do not blame him at all for wanting his prized possession close. I just hope they head to the BC at least two weeks before the race to give him some time to acclimate.

I see the Haskell as his Rebel and Arkansas Derby. The Travers his Kentucky Derby. He should be fit as a fiddle heading into the Breeders Cup Classic.

Is the race spacing ideal. No. But they can make it work. I believe Invasor has quite a bit of time off heading into the 2006 BC Classic and he did just fine taking on top class Bernardini. I do not know if there are any Bernardini's in the mix here, but there are some top class horses if Honor Code, Beholder, Liam's Map, and, who knows, maybe even Constitution gets involved.