To Fulminate

If u're literate and have yet to read Labrinths by Jorge Luis Borges, do before u expire if only for the pure intellect of this Jewish Argentinian likely most brilliant writer of the last century. Above, Borges in 1951. Have a dictionary handy since this involves IQ 180+ where words and concepts such as vituperation, fulminate, impugn, schismatic, parody, teleogy, polemics, syllogism, parody serve as basic vocabulary. What is a fitting end for a high priest of the Aztecs, one of those dudes at the top of the pyramids who cut out the hearts of the sacrificial victims?  We've seen the end of several German Prison guards from the death camps.  Borges adds a first hand account of the mindset of the camp commander in Deutsches Requiem, just brilliantly done. The Aztec was thrown into a dungeon by the Spaniards where we first meet this fellow in the pitch black 20 years later and privy to his thought process.  Amazing stuff.

Which brings me back to the KY Derby.  In terms of spare time, without any horses to train, presently. and 2012 speeding merrily on its way.  I've of late been watching more the NFL draft.  For the comment from yest.--watching The Lumber guy I'd say that any horse capable of a 1:36 mile at Aqueduct ought to be right in there on Derby Day.  Wondering if he's in the field.  If he is, I'd say depends on the training, and what Michael Hushion would do with the  horse from here to the race.  Past history indicates when they race 2 weeks pre-derby the trainers tend to do very little with the horse which turns into, and I hesitate to use the phrase, kiss of death for the Derby prospects.  You'd think the horse got a nice boost from the Jerome performance and with appropriate training thereafter at the point of maximum acquisition (training wise), if you hit that successfully (see Tom Ivers) the horse might experience another bounce going into the Derby except that this assumes prior conditioning was appropriate.

My experience with horses--if you have a sequence such as Lumber Guy future performance may depend on prior training.  To wit--if the horse was fit for what he was asked to do there could be a significant bounce in the positive direction.  If the horse lacked fitness and merely performed well the bounce could be in the opposite direction.  Hushion has teased on many occasions and always failed. I'd fear merely conventional training for The Lumber Guy.

And hence:  To fulminate:  (as used by Borges):  to denunciate, explode, in this case against some of the training I'm seeing for the Derby.  How did those over speed works do?  Unsuccessful in one instance, good in another.  Again, I think over speed success depends on overall conditioning.  Doing more with the horse--jumping ahead--is more likely to knock out the unfit horse than move it forward.  After tomorrow here the plan would be to pay a little attention to the Derby.