21.   Jimmy Croll attributed a displaced soft palate to Holy Bull when his colt ran sixth in the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream in February.

22.   Other accounts say the colt was running along smoothly, close to the leaders and near the inner rail in the clubhouse turn, when Woolf simply fell off.

23.   Our colt ran his eyeballs out.

24.   Pletcher has intensified the mystery by not naming a jockey on Smooth Jazz, though he insisted Friday morning that the colt would run.

25.   The colt ran down Doneraille Court in the blistering fast Dwyer Stakes.

26.   The colt ran second in the Derby, then finished third in the Preakness when an unheralded long shot named Iron Constitution ran second.

27.   The Gotham, a Grade III race at a mile, is the more intriguing of the two because of the way two promising but lightly raced colts ran.

28.   The trainer of Aptitude, Bobby Frankel, acknowledged his colt can run himself into contention for winning year end honors with a victory in the Belmont.

29.   Then the colt ran second in the Hollywood Futurity in December to the class whip, Afternoon Deelites.

30.   Three months ago, the colt was running in a claiming race.