Here is what Baffert said BEFORE the move of
posts per horseracingnation.com:
“They’ll all be easy to watch. With Roadster I wanted the 16 so
I got 16 and 17 (with Game Winner) and Improbable is a quicker horse. Anything
but the one or two I’m fine with that. I think the good horses all drew well.”
Asked of post 17's 0-for-40 history: “They also had that curse (of Apollo) last
year. Not that many horses run out of there but I’m OK. We’ll figure out a plan
for them. I think Improbable, he’s the quickest of the three and he’s in the
five. There are speed horses outside of him, too. They still have to break. I
like 16. The 17 has been 0-for-40, but it’s like American Pharoah had the 18 and there was a
scratch and he had the 17 for a day then he went to the 16. At the end of the
day, you have to have the horse. If your horse shows up, that’s more important.
After watching Big Brown gallop from the 20 hole it really doesn’t make a
difference.”
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