4/5 (HAW): Illinois Derby (Gr. II)

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Originally Posted by hockey2315

DofC should CRUSH these. . . but i'm starting to get off his bandwagon. . .

Not feeling good about Denis of Cork - what I'm hearing second hand from Carroll is that this is not his race choice. His hands are tied - he doesn't listen to the Warrens and the horse is taken away from him, he follows orders and the horse runs bad there and he's to blame.

Besides, he doesn't need to win this race. A 3rd place finish would give him $40,000 and lift his earnings to $190K, which should be sufficient to make the field.