Two weeks later, with Zito at Keeneland watching Wondertross wobble home sixth in the Blue Grass, his Adonis won the Wood Memorial in New York. Also legitimate is Zito's standing as a media favorite. On the backstretch each morning, empty notebooks must be filled. If Baffert is the media flavor of the month, then Nick At Dawn is a '90s reliable. He shows up.
Reporters eat it up.
He did it again yesterday. Twelve Derby winners have started from the inside, two more than any other gate. The horse's most recent race was March 27. As soon as he loses then I'll say you were right. Timber Country was tops in the Lukas barn in '95, but stablemate Thunder Gulch won.