Much Too Much Of A Hurry

Another semester of law school and I feel a little bit like the White Rabbit getting chased around the library by Alice with another stack of books and briefs to read.

But now I'm on spring break for the time since Smarty Jones was a prosmising colt in Arkansas. I havent had one this slow since Elian Gonzalez was on a raft.

I've missed a lot since the last post so I'll try to play some catch up.

I'm getting on and off bandwagons at such an alarming rate that I'm now asking the steadfast to hold my seat until I get back. I'm still on the following: (its a hell of a balancing act)

Nobiz Like Shobiz - He could stop at the quarter pole and have a sandwich in his next race and I'm still going to love the colt for being the first to get Albert the Great in the spotlight. In my eyes his third in the Fountain of Youth wasnt bad enough to erase the good we've seen from him previously.

Scat Daddy - Aside from being the best named at this point, Daddy's got enough big class wins and placings to secure himself the probability that his name will not be too far down the list of also rans come May. Think Bluegrass Cat.

I should mention here that the second place finisher in the FOY in front of Nobiz and behind Scat Daddy was Stormello, who an unnamed family member told me will recieve his money after spotting the "uncanny coincidence" that his name ends with "O" like the previous two Derby winners.

Great Hunter - Another race, another solid showing in the Bob Lewis. If the race went off today he'd be the one carrying my cash.

Off the bandwagon:

Johannesburg Star - I really thought it was gonna be special kid. So long.

Nick Zito - Not long after sending out 5 in the Derby ol' saint Nick has pocketfull of nothing and will be watching this year from the cheap seats unless he pulls a little more magic out of his hat.

Street Sense - Never on the bandwagon per se but it seems much of the horse world sees him as leading the show right now. How, I ask, can you favor a horse yet to begin his sophomore campaign when all history flies in the face of his possible success? You don't lay a horse off (especially in his prime) for 6 months after winning the BC Juvenile and expect him to come back a winner. I suppose you have to try something new though, because all other attempts to keep the Juvy winner on his game have been fruitless. I'll be the first to tip my hat to Carl Nafzger if he pulls it off, but for now I don't see him finishing in the top 5.

Has anyone heard from The Green Monkey? Ive lost faith in any horse that gets sold for more than a million dollars. Mr. Sekiguchi, an $8 million yearling now 4 year old, just won his second career race for Baffert and it made headlines.

On a side note, I'd like to welcome former Saints receiver Joe Horn to my Atlanta Falcons. In a years time you'll hear Michael Irvin say things about being old and done but I'd like to encourage the public to remember that he's a receiver with a Falcon on his helmet and therefore incapable of mediocrity. Good luck anyways...