Derby horses

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Did he not do what he was supposed to do then? He absolutely walked out of the gate then won going away after enjoying a hot pace.

The circumstances of that race were such that he was going to get the trip/setup of a lifetime.

He took full advantage....certainly making the best of it. However, when he got a similar dream setup in the Breeders Cup Juvenile, in a route race, he was smoked and ran an awful 2nd.

When you consider his mother was 5-3-1-0 lifetime sprinting...and was a winner of the Grade 1 Spinaway (the female equivlant of the Hopeful) and that she made 5 career starts routing, and never ran better than 3rd....I think it becomes harder to like CQ's chances at a Classic distance. Even though his sire is a Derby winner