2020 Kentucky Derby contender watch

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by moses

I like him quite a bit. Honor Code has a few very nice two year olds (I’ve got Thunder Code and Night Code in mind) and Honor A. P. may be the best of them all. He looks to me like a horse that has a lot of room to improve and who will like the added distances that come on the derby trail. The thing I really love about his maiden win is that he controlled the pace and then reacted well to urging by Mike Smith down the stretch and was able to put in a final furlong that was faster than the previous one.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he won the Los Al and if he does, you might have a new derby favorite coming out of that race.

I also think Thunder Code and Night Code are talented, but I suspect the latter might have soundness issues. He broke his maiden in June, ran even better in his comeback at Churchill a few months later and hasn’t worked since. Thunder Code might have just been put away for the winter - I hope he’s not hurt. I know he might be one of those who always finds a horse or two better than he, but it feels like they are trying to make a speedster out of him when I think he prefers closing.

I agree about Honor A.P. - and he looks like he’s floating; I love watching him run.