guess the new connections wanted a "top" name

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ar-don-alberto


-bt-

Here ya go... :)

14. Fast and Accurate (March 27)
19. Untrapped (April 19)
20. Lookin at Lee (March 7)
24. Master Plan (Feb 14)
25. Blueridge Traveler (Feb 21)
27. Lancaster Bomber (March 14)

Reach the World euthanized after workout sesamoid fracture. Brutal.

Damn...poor boy, rest in peace youngster

Reach the World breaks down in work, euthanized at 3
By Steve Andersen

http://www.drf.com/news/reach-world-...k-euthanized-3

ARCADIA, Calif. – Reach the World, fourth in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 8, was euthanized on Saturday after suffering severe injuries to his right foreleg in a workout at Santa Anita.

Reach the World was nearing the end of a team exercise when he was stricken. Jockey Martin Garcia was able to pull up Reach the World, who was vanned off. Garcia was not injured.

Trained by Bob Baffert for Don Alberto Stable, Reach the World was considered a candidate for the Belmont Stakes on June 10.

Reach the World had his stakes debut in the Santa Anita Derby. By Tapit, Reach the World was bred by Don Alberto Stable and had one win in four starts, a maiden race at 1 1/16 miles on Feb. 4 in his second start.

Reach the World was second to Battle of Midway in an optional claimer on March 9 before finishing 1 1/2 lengths behind Gormley in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby.

Robby out of the Derby with broken ankle. New jock for J Boys Echo (Romans)

In the DRF:
Shirreffs said that Royal Mo wouldn't be on the plane to Kentucky (with Gormley) because he needed four to exit to get in........he didn't think that would happen.
Of course two took a hike soon after,so I wonder if there's a plan B. :zz:

Jay Privman‏ @DRFPrivman

Florent Geroux to ride Hence in Kentucky Derby, per trainer Steve Asmussen http://live.drf.com/nuggets/36317

Andy Serling‏ @andyserling
"Betting a horse in the Derby because you liked the gallop out of his work might be worse than betting the horse with the best bath photo."


I laughed....

Question on the status of 3 horses-
Fast and Accurate isn't nominated, right? Any word on when connections will make the decision to pay up or not to run? I heard maybe Maker was waiting to see how the horse worked over the track?

Is Thunder Snow in the US yet and is the plan still to run? I heard there were some questions regarding this.

When will a decision be made on Malagacy? But anyw word what is holding up a final determination?

Thanks as always for all the info Steve.

Fast and Accurate will pay 💰 to play. Still at the Spectrum with Maker's horses and seemingly doing well. Will come over when he has to, but don't think he's going to work at Churchill.

Thunder Snow expected Sunday.

Malagacy arrived at CD today and Pletcher wants to see him travel over the surface before deciding on withdrawl.

https://instagram.com/p/BTSgIdlju5h/

First I've seen of this. Pretty damn awesome.

Sorry for the thread jack ( please move to correct thread, mods ). Move along. Nothing to see here.

Dale Romans considering Luis Saez, Gary Stevens, Corey Nakatani, Kent Desormeaux for J Boys Echo..

Any word on Battalion Runner??

Not that I give him a snowball's chance in h-e-double hockey sticks, but I can see Bejarano getting the leg up for some reason.

Saez frontrunner as of now. Desormeaux a possibility with Romans frequently leaning to him in this spot over the last few years and having ridden J Boys (admittedly badly). Miguel Mena an outside shot too. Alsbaugh a decision after sleeping on it tonight..

No. But he looked terrific galloping today.

Big big shot.

I'm not trying to give you a hard time, as when you aren't touting every Baffert runner your opinion is solid, but how could you endorse this horse? He has never run a particularly good race. He was very much with a strong bias in the Wood. What about him suggests he has a "big shot" in the Derby?

Earlier in this thread I said Battalion Runner should run in the Pat Day Mile. That spot makes more sense and he would be a bear turning back. I give him a shot in the Derby by default. I want no one from California, Fair Grounds, Keeneland and Oaklawn. That leaves me with Sunland, Dubai, The Wood and the Fl Derby. Irish War Cry and Always Dreaming seem legit to me vs these other horses. But they are 2 of the 3 likely chalks. Battalion Runner is right there on beyer, lightly raced and working well. I think he has a chance vs a subpar group.

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