That encompasses just about every top 3 yo, so should be a critical race for HOY (which Apex has not wrapped up yet, since this + BC will be factors if he stumbles in both.)

Nix Nacken is a real wild card.  Melander has him and he can run with Apex, except he is a gelding.  Apex is worth $20mm+ if this season works out for him.  Nix Nacken is an aged trotter for the future, perhaps earning $2-$3mm over the next 5 years if he stays healthy.  Clearly it is Melander's interest to see that Nix Nacken doesn't get in Apex's way for the Kentucky Futurity and the BC; sooooooooooo  Just saying.

I often wonder about this. There is no common ownership from what I can tell. Nix seems to be coming into his own at a good time and Melander would have to have some real balls to cheat one owner over the other. Guess there could be a side deal.

As much as I have lost respect for the ownership on Big Ranger, the horse can't help that. He's an impressive horse and while his bloodlines aren't wild, they are a little off the beaten path of the biggest players, which is always nice to see. A big, fluid colt like that could go exceptionally fast down there. He might best them all.

Canadians find aspects of daily life frustrating, such as high taxes, formalities, and the need to remove shoes indoors. Economic development is also uneven between regions

& no need to edit 

Is this all Canadians unlike some others?

bump for trump

Expensive Diesel Likely Here For At Least Another Year, Many Oil And Gas Execs Say



About half of a group of 100 oil and gas executives polled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said they don’t expect diesel prices to return to their 2025 levels for at least another year -- or longer.

At least 36% of the executives also said they don’t see gas prices returning to their 2025 levels for at least another year.

The quarterly energy survey, released Wednesday, would seem to pour cold water on President Donald Trump’s prediction that “gas prices will come tumbling down” as soon as his war on Iran concludes.

One executive predicted that the effects of higher diesel prices are just beginning to be felt.

“Diesel is the mother’s milk of the economy,” they wrote. “We are just starting to see the impact on the wider economy.”

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/trump-proves-a-50-year-old-theory-about-stupid-people-wrecking-society/ar-AA2dhngj?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=1f025fec3c054485a5ee0c0057ae9272&cvpid=c479055ffd464548a9361e9be6c14769&ei=26

A 50-year-old argument put forward by an Italian historian held that "stupid people" in large numbers were a powerful force that could crash societies, and now, per a new piece for The New Republic, President Donald Trump has proven that argument right and become the embodiment of its ideas.


"I love the poorly educated"  DJT