Merriman with five broken ribs and shatter shoulder blade will be out for many months. How long does it take to piece together your shoulder blade and rehab it so you can control a harness horse? Noble will win 85% of the races at Northfield throughout the summer. Dave Miller will be out for at least a year if he compounded his ankle. I know a couple of football players who did that and it is a bitch--and they were young bucks when it happened. You would think that would put him into retirement. That poor horse that had to go 54 to the half was so tired. Broke and then dragged his front leg into the track. Those drivers had to know they were going too fast for those horses. Plus having 16 races that drag to midnight has to be taxing on those drivers. It was a horrible mess.