Trainer Todd Pletcher added, "I was disappointed in the last 1/16. He didn't really polish it off. He obviously took the worst of it being wide on the first turn and being three-wide all the way around on the second turn. No real excuse, other than just running the longest. I still believe (Any Given Saturday) is a good horse. He should have got enough earnings to secure a position in the Kentucky Derby."
2007 Wood Memorial and Carter Handicap
By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com
Third place finisher Any Given Saturday
Wood Memorial third place finisher Any Given Saturday being saddled in the paddock
© Cindy Pierson Dulay
Jockey John Velazquez said, "He stumbled a little out of the gate. He just acted different today. Halfway around the first turn, I was able to drop behind the horses and save a little ground. He had a lot to do, getting pushed out on the first turn. I had to go sooner than I wanted to at the half-mile pole to get up with him. He ran a really hard race at Tampa. With his trip today, it was just a lot to ask."
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- Nobiz Like Shobiz wins the Wood Memorial
- Nobiz Like Shobiz in the winner's circle
- Nobiz Like Shobiz in the paddock
- Second place finisher Sightseeing
- Third place finisher Any Given Saturday
- Silver Wagon wins the Carter Handicap
- Silver Wagon in the winner's circle
- Silver Wagon in the post parade
- Second place finisher Diabolical in the post parade
- Beaten favorite Keyed Entry
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