Ron Flatter

So there's...

All the traditionalists who want to yell about it, and I'm one of them, I'd rather keep it the way it is.

But at the same time, I realize that...

The game's changing.

I mean, just because Mott and Godolphin skipped the Preakness doesn't mean it's the last time that'll happen.

In fact, Rich Strike in 2022 skipped the Preakness after winning the Derby.

So if it keeps happening at some point, you've got to quit beating your head against a wall and maybe just say, all right, come on in and make it a three-week gap.

So I think there's every chance it will happen, but that's not final yet.

I will.

Now, I did bring this up to him.

I said, you know, I usually have dinner with Tony during the week of the Preakness.

I said, when are you getting in?

uh, if you have a horse in, he may have a horse on one of the undercard races.

And I said, well, you know, get there early enough in the week and maybe we'll go to Columbia.

Yeah.

We could get him in.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, no, what you gotta do is you gotta get Wilbon along so you can convince him to, you know, give Kenny five good minutes.

Right.