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03-24-2009, 08:33 PM
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I didn't think he could be.....I thought he should be. I was wrong. Very wrong.
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03-24-2009, 08:51 PM
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WSB seemed like he had a shot to win. He liked the track the other time he ran on it.
I liked Bittel Road and overestimated his chances. Wasn't really a bettable race unless you really wanted to toss the top 2. The winner was a decent animal and more of a longer-route turf horse than most of these. Bittel Road is probably more of a miler type of turf horse. Bernie had shown good versatility on synthetics. The track is so bush league with the sand-storms they have going on. The place to be is generally forwardly placed up on the outside. - However the track was playing against speed - so missing the break didn't hurt Hold Me Back. Desormeaux got a pretty good trip. Prado had Bernie in the absolute worst spot at turfway - saving ground behind horses. He probaby had breathed in a ton of that crap , you can see on the replays that he is running a lot of the race in a carpet-fibre dust cloud. Whether he is any good or not, it couldn't have helped him.
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#23
03-24-2009, 09:39 PM
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Hello Braodway is not among the noms for the Wood or Ill Derby. If he continues on the trail, it looks like the BG Stakes or Ark. Derby. I guess the Lexington is not out of the question, either, and he does have some grass breeding to suggest that poly might be okay even though Tagg doesn't like it.
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03-25-2009, 11:01 PM
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Here is some Derby prep projections in Jeremy Plonk's Countdown to the Crown column on espn.com. I think Take the Points and Jeranimo are now headed to the Blue Grass (which should have a large field filled with turf horses with no strong favorite) and Kelly Leak is running Sunday at Sunland. I also think Mr. Fantasy and West Side Bernie are now headed to the Wood.
Who's heading where? This section makes its seasonal debut this week and projects the key horses for upcoming stakes of repute. These are not firm commitments, merely a mix of my speculation and news gathering. 4/4 Santa Anita Derby: CHOCOLATE CANDY, FEISY SUANCES, JERANIMO, KELLY LEAK, MASSONE, MR. HOT STUFF, PIONEEROF THE NILE, TAKE THE POINTS (or Blue Grass), THE PAMPLEMOUSSE 4/4 Illinois Derby: FREE COUNTRY, MUSKET MAN (or Wood), MR. FANTASY 4/4 Wood Memorial: DANGER TO SOCIETY (or Florida Derby), FLYING PEGASUS, HELLO BROADWAY, IMPERIAL COUNCIL, I WANT REVENGE, MUSKET MAN (or Illinois), NOWHERE TO HIDE 4/11 Blue Grass: BEAR'S ROCKET, CHARITABLE MAN, EL CRESPO, GENERAL QUARTERS, GIANT OAK, JUSTDONTCALLMEJERI, MAFAAZ, PATENA, STORMALORY, TAKE THE POINTS (or Santa Anita), TERRAIN (or Lexington) 4/11 Arkansas Derby: CAPTAIN CHEROKEE, OLD FASHIONED, PAPA CLEM, POLTERGEIST, SOUL WARRIOR, WIN WILLY 4/18 Lexington: JOIN IN THE DANCE, SUMO, TERRAIN (or Blue Grass)
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03-27-2009, 09:45 PM
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Looks like Baffert is considering a rabbit to keep The Pamplemousse honest. Probably a good idea as there is no other pace in the probable field.
From today's Santa Anita barn notes: Bob Baffert said he “might run” maiden winner Life Goes On in the Santa Anita Derby. The son of the Baffert-trained 2002 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion Vindication won wire to wire by 2 ¾ lengths at one mile on Pro-Ride March 19 under Tyler Baze. Pioneerof the Nile jogged on Friday.
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03-30-2009, 10:02 AM
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Tagg said he was going to look for an easier spot for him to get derby earnings, and with his style of running and the seemingly weak field headed to Hawthorne, that would be an ideal spot.
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03-30-2009, 10:20 AM
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http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do...7&subs=0&arc=1
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03-30-2009, 10:54 AM
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03-30-2009, 07:27 PM
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From the DRF ; Theregoesjojo may still pursue Derby trail
Trainer Ken McPeek hasn't ruled out the Derby just yet for Theregoesjojo after his third-place finish in the Florida Derby. Theregoesjojo attempted to rally in company with runner-up Dunkirk into the stretch, but was clearly backing up behind the leaders when he was taken up sharply behind winner Quality Road at the head of the stretch. Theregoesjojo was defeated nearly eight lengths by Quality Road and six lengths for second by Dunkirk. "We changed our tactics a bit because the thinking was we needed to stay within striking distance of Quality Road," said McPeek. "He was the best horse on Saturday, no ifs, ands, or buts. He's got more speed and he's got more stamina than us." McPeek said he planned to ship Theregoesjojo to his farm in Lexington, Ky., this week while keeping his options open between now and Derby Day. "I'm not ruling out the Blue Grass depending upon how that race shapes up. Or he could run in the Lexington," said McPeek. "I think he's going to really like the Polytrack. And I still have the grass angle to play with him as well."
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03-30-2009, 07:28 PM
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From the DRF;Plans uncertain for Hello Broadway
Trainer Barclay Tagg will leave his winter home at Gulfstream this week. But not before he worked his top 3-year-old Hello Broadway five furlongs in 1:00.40 in company with stablemate Seeking the Sluice on Monday. Hello Broadway has not started since finishing seventh as the favorite in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby. "He's going to Keeneland, where there is an allowance race for him at a mile and one-sixteenth on April 10," said Tagg. "If that race doesn't go maybe we'll look at the Blue Grass or the Lexington. Or we could just wait for another allowance race and think about the Preakness." Tagg will keep a small contingent behind at Palm Meadows until the end of the meet on April 24.
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04-05-2009, 07:10 AM
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KEE-Blue Grass
Theregoesjojo Patena Hold Me Back Charitable Man Terrain Cliffy's Future General Quarters Join in the Dance Mafaaz Massone Hello Broadway * OP-Arkansas Derby Win Willy Old Fashioned Papa Clem Poltergeist Flying Private Flat Out Danger to Society Summer Bird Loch Dubh * Ziegfeld *
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04-06-2009, 06:05 PM
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Latest... Some changes:
KEE-Blue Grass Theregoesjojo Patena Hold Me Back Charitable Man Terrain Cliffy's Future General Quarters Join in the Dance Mafaaz Massone Hello Broadway * OP-Arkansas Derby Win Willy Old Fashioned Papa Clem Poltergeist Flying Private Flat Out Danger to Society Summer Bird Loch Dubh * Ziegfeld *
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. Last edited by Kasept : 04-07-2009 at 09:43 AM.
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04-10-2009, 10:38 AM
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Lexington Probables?
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