2006 Queen's Plate Day

Beaten favorite Wanna Runner

Wanna Runner with Jose Espinoza aboard stagger home to a dismal 10th place finish as the heavy favorite. Espinoza said, "I think on the first turn…I was empty by that time and I still had a long way to go. It surprised me. I thought he was going to run better than that. He's a racehorse. What are you going to do? Sometimes they feel good, sometimes they don't run any good." Trainer Bob Baffert added, "It's the first time he's ever thrown in a clunker like that. Victor said at the five-eighths pole, he acted like a horse that might have bled. We're going to scope him. I don't know if he just got stirred up or what. Physically, he said he felt alright, but exhausted."