DERBY NEWS: Denis of Cork makes field; 'Bar' to Preakness

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by AlexP

Awesome! Although I think Behindatthebar deserves to be in it more than Cowboy Cal if we're talking Pletcher trainees.

i disagree... especially since i have cowboy cal as the most likely winner

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

i disagree... especially since i have cowboy cal as the most likely winner

As hard as it is to believe, I think you just outdid yourself.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

As hard as it is to believe, I think you just outdid yourself.

Could he have possibly typed most when he meant to type least?

Nah.

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

i disagree... especially since i have cowboy cal as the most likely winner

Of the Virginia Derby

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

i disagree... especially since i have cowboy cal as the most likely winner

A Cowboy Cal Derby win would make me a lock to win the national Road to the Roses derby contest thing .... thanks for taking the 0.00015% chance of a CC Derby win and making it 0.00%

[sundaysilenceforever]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

A Cowboy Cal Derby win would make me a lock to win the national Road to the Roses derby contest thing .... thanks for taking the 0.00015% chance of a CC Derby win and making it 0.00%

So does that mean you're going to activate him as one of your 5?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by sundaysilenceforever

So does that mean you're going to activate him as one of your 5?

It's the only shot I know I have of winning it all.

I guess I could have a shot if something like a Z Fortune or Denis Of Cork hits and I use them - and catch something underneath - but, you've got to play to win. There is no doubt in my mind I win the whole thing nationally, regardless of what anyone else does, if I use Cowboy Cal and he somehow wins the race.

[sundaysilenceforever]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It's the only shot I know I have of winning it all.

I guess I could have a shot if something like a Z Fortune or Denis Of Cork hits and I use them - and catch something underneath - but, you've got to play to win. There is no doubt in my mind I win the whole thing nationally, regardless of what anyone else does, if I use Cowboy Cal and he somehow wins the race.

Yes, that makes total sense. So, in my stable, with that strategy, the horse that would do it for me would be Anak Nakal I think. Maybe Monba. But do I have the guts to activate them? I just dont know....gonna wait for the draw.

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

i disagree... especially since i have cowboy cal as the most likely winner

I'm as big a fan of his as any, but even I realize he has absolutely NO shot to win the Derby. It's quite obvious there is NO way that he gets the distance. He could be a nice miler on the weeds though. Wrong surface and wrong distance. If Pletcher's gun was loaded for the derby, I'm sure he'd opt out of it for CC and find a more suitable race.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I don't know if Cowboy Cal can't be a dirt horse.

His dam is a Seeking The Gold half to Behrens... and he's very closely related to Commentator.

As bad as he ran in his debut - he did have a tough trip and it did have the look of a non-effort through the stretch.

I just don't think he projects well at all from a pace standpoint - and the 10f distance is a little much.

[philcski]

*RIIIIIPPPPP! Crinkle Crinkle, toss*

[sounds of Cowboy Cal future tickets everywhere]

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by philcski

*RIIIIIPPPPP! Crinkle Crinkle, toss*

[sounds of Cowboy Cal future tickets everywhere]

LMAO...Although I am keeping mine deep down in my wallet, just incase the other 18 or 19 horses hit some plywood.

[philcski]

For a minute I thought the Cav's tailgate website you have in your signature was run by the legendary bar I worked at in Philly... Cavanaughs in UC.

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by philcski

For a minute I thought the Cav's tailgate website you have in your signature was run by the legendary bar I worked at in Philly... Cavanaughs in UC.

Not the same one, but I've been there many times as well. 39th and Chestnut or Sansom, right? Frequented it when my brother went to Drexel and lived on the cusp on West Philly. (44th st.) Great place to throw some back and watch the games...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I don't know if Cowboy Cal can't be a dirt horse.

His dam is a Seeking The Gold half to Behrens... and he's very closely related to Commentator.

As bad as he ran in his debut - he did have a tough trip and it did have the look of a non-effort through the stretch.

I just don't think he projects well at all from a pace standpoint - and the 10f distance is a little much.

that's all anyone needed to see right there...cowboy cal, future star.

[_ed_]

Sweet, really happy for the connections of Denis.

[tiggerv]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

i disagree... especially since i have cowboy cal as the most likely winner

What happened to Court Vision? Please clear this up since we need to know the official Derby mush.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by tiggerv

What happened to Court Vision? Please clear this up since we need to know the official Derby mush.

He filed a lawsuit barring PG1985 from ever mentioning his name again.