Odysseus pre-Derby start at KEE or OP

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Actually, as far as the Kentucky Jockey Club goes, it is one of the most productive 2yo races for Derby preps (though not necessarily on Derby Day itself). In the last 15 years:

95: Ide-won Southwest, Rebel, retired prior to AK Derby
Editor's Note- placed FL Derby, Blue Grass, Preakness, won Belmont

96: Concerto- won Jim Beam, Battaglia, Tesio, Whirlaway

97: Cape Town- won FL Derby, Holy Bull, placed Blue Grass
Time Limit- won Hutcheson, Spectacular Bid, placed Risen Star,
broke down Jim Beam
Real Quiet- placed SA Derby, San Felipe, won KY Derby, Preakness,
placed Belmont

98: Exploit- won San Vincente, injured March
Vicar- won FOY, FL Derby, placed Blue Grass
Grits N Hard Toast- won Holy Bull

99: Captain Steve- placed SA Derby, LA Derby, Santa Catalina
Mighty- won LA Derby, placed Risen Star, Le Comte

00: Dollar Bill- won Risen Star, placed Blue Grass

01: Repent- won LA Derby, Risen Star, placed Illinois Derby
Request For Parole- won Battaglia, placed Jim Beam

03: The Cliff's Edge- won Blue Grass, placed FL Derby, Sam Davis

06: Any Given Saturday- won Sam Davis, placed TB Derby, Wood
Dominican- won Blue Grass, Rushaway

08: Capt. Candyman Can- won Hutcheson, Bay Shore

Good stuff. But it seems to me that any horse who wins going two turns at CD in the fall, be it in a stakes race or allowance or even MSW, instantly becomes a Derby candidate. And they seldom live up to expectations.

And I'm not counting Street Sense in this because that was the BC and the BC doesn't count as a fall race at CD, even though it was that year.