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2009 Florida Derby (G1)

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Date/Track:
3/28/2009, Gulfstream Park
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:47.72

What the Nation is saying about the 2009 Florida Derby (G1)...

I have one simple thing to add to the post-race analysis of the Florida Derby. Gulfstream Park allowed the race to be run on a hard track, and that is an unacceptable and avoidable invitaton for disaster.Read More
That meant he had to finish first to be assured a ticket to Churchill Downs for the Run for the Roses. The 6-5 favorite, a son of Unbridled’s Song, tried to do his part, making a five-wide move around the far turn at Gulfstream Park to hook leader ...Read More
He won’t be sitting off sprinters like This Ones For Phil and Casey’s on Call, who are going to back up after six furlongs, at Churchill Downs. Although the track at Gulfstream was blazing-fast and speed-biased, Quality Road’s splits of :23 2/5, ...Read More
Watching the Florida Derby this past Saturday, I looked forward to seeing some of the main challengers to Friesan Fire and his bid to win the May 2 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. As the dust settled after ...Read More
Will he be able to transfer it to Churchill Downs? There's not really any reason to think he can't because Churchill usually favor speed as well, but there has definitely been something fishy going on in South Florida all meet long. ...Read More
Owner Edward P. Evans said he was offered $2.5 million by a bloodstock agent for Quality Road after the colt won a 6-1/2-furlong maiden race at Aqueduct Nov. 29. "They said the buyer wanted to win the Derby," Evans recalled after his homebred colt ...Read More
Quality Road turned back a bid from even-money favorite Dunkirk in upper stretch and drew away for a sensational 1 3/4-length victory in the $750,000 Florida Derby (gr. I) March 28 at Gulfstream Park. The son of Elusive Quality set a new 1 1/8-mile course record in 1:47.72.Read More
Dunkirk is no longer undefeated after going down to Quality Road... and Pletcher's not a big fan of GP right now. He tells ESPN that the track was all speed and 3 track records were set today and then quips out this beauty to Jeanine Edwards... "I told General Manager Bill Murphy, if I knew the track was going to be like this, I would have gone to Aqueduct!"
Quality Road has never thrown in a clunker in his brief career, which started with winning a 61/2-furlong race at Aqueduct. He came back as the heavy favorite in a seven-furlong Gulfstream allowance race, setting a fast pace before finishing second to ...Read More
The fact that we may all look at the same information and come away with different impressions is honed to a fine point with the impending start of Dunkirk in the Grade I Florida Derby.Read More
The Saturday, March 28, Florida Derby (gr. I) will be shown live on ESPN as part of the "NTRA Racing to the Kentucky Derby" series. The coverage, with Joe Tessitore joined by analysts Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss, reporters Jeannine Edwards and Jay Privman, and handicapper Hank Goldberg, will be from...Read More
3/25/2009 Pletcher high on horse's prospects: 0-for-21 at Kentucky Derby ...Trading Markets (press release), CAMar 25, 2009 (Albany Times Union - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- CHDN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- The Todd Pletcher Kentucky Derby watch is back on....Read More
3/25/2009 'Slight' Leg Injury Sidelines Beethoven BloodHorse, KY Asked about whether the setback would also mean Beethoven would not go on to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Ward said it is too early tell the extent of the problem and that he had not discussed that with Oxl...Read More
Virginia homebred of Edward Evans, Quality Road has made one other start in his career, that coming when he broke his maiden in November at Aqueduct going 6 1/2 furlongs. The son of Elusive Quality —Kobla, by Strawberry Road will break from post 2 ...Read More
3/24/2009 Pletcher considering pacesetter for Florida Derby Thoroughbred Times, KY Pletcher also is considering entering Europe, a half brother to Grade 2 winner and Central Kentucky sire Half Ours who finished fourth in his only start on February 21 at Gulfstream Park, with the goal of ensurin...Read More
3/22/2009 Trainer Ken McPeek had scheduled a final major workout March 21 for Samotowka Stables and partners' 3-year-old Theregoesjojo for next Saturday's $750,000 Florida Derby (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park, but postponed it because of sloppy track conditions.Read More
3/21/2009 Quality Road, Dunkirk head busy Florida worktab Brisnet.com Fourth in the one-mile Fountain of Youth, the Ian Wilkes charge is expected to stick to shorter distances in the future, starting with the seven-furlong Bay Shore S. (G3) on April 4 at Aqueduct. On a fast track at Payson Park, Got...Read More
3/14/2009 Top Contenders Work For Florida Derby BloodHorse, KYII) at the Fair Grounds, received updates by phone from assistant trainer Billy Wright and declared himself satisfied with the way the colt worked. Wright said he clocked Theregoesjojo’s final eighth in :11 3/5. Theregoesjojo has a s...Read More

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