I was bummed for Tiz The Law but Authentic beat him fair and square. Kind of a shock given his dominating Travers win.
Jimmy Barnes, Baffert’s assistant trainer, is a cool dude. He arranged for a bunch of us from Old Friends to watch Pharoah’s workout at Churchill, the one that everyone was talking about after the Preakness. Very very nice of him. And Baffert is a supporter of Old Friends, too. He checked them out very carefully before he recommended that Game On Dude go there for his retirement. Apparently in an interview he said something along the lines of, “donate to Old Friends! It’s not a scam!”

Anyway, I hope Jimmy will heal quickly and that Baffert is okay. Funny the horses were agitated given that the crowd was not there.
I don’t think Thousand Words actually fell; I thought the announcers said he reared up and hit his head. Whenever that happens, it’s an automatic disqualification.