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The Road to the Roses went through Florida.Read More
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  • BrianZipse · The Florida runners are strong this year. Other than Creative Cause, they include all my top picks. · 26 days ago ·
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  • Capper · Hope Union Rags brings it home for the Sunshine State! · 26 days ago ·
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The Florida Derby may have had a couple of uncharacteristically dull years, but in 2012 it looks to get back up on its feet, delivering one of, if not the best Kentucky Derby Preps this season. Read More
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  • shadowno · Take Charge Indy probably in a now or never situation after passing on Tampa so he needs to/has to come up big. UR=Take Charge Indy . · 62 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Capper the only problem I have with his race is that it was run in the slop. He did run a winning race, but with his record over a dry track, I can't help but be skeptical. If that race had been over a dry track he would be right there with Reveron for me. · 61 days ago ·
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Battle Hardened faces a challenge in attempting to sweep Tampa Bay Downs' Kentucky Derby prep races.Read More
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  • daniclint · Golden Ticket beats Prospective if he hadn't dropped to the rail. The middle of the track was live at Tampa yesterday the rail was dead. · 80 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · A better explanation since Prospective was on the rail for the first half of the race is the better horses were running in the middle of the track where 89% of winners everywhere run on dry fast tracks. · 80 days ago ·
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The road to Kentucky Derby 2012 made stops in Florida and Southern California on Feb 4 and the G3 Sam Davis and G2 Robert Lewis Stakes both produced surprising results.Read More
  • champion2011 · According to Jeremy Plonk on drf.com: GROOVIN SOLO (Myung Kwon Cho) finished third, but had his number taken down for the incident with LIAISON, which placed him last. Regardless of the placing, this was a decent effort as he exited a mile maiden win with a much more stern test. Moving in the right direction, he’s a horse who would not be a surprise to see peaking around the Santa Anita Derby. · 110 days ago ·
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Handicapper Mike Shutty deconstructs the action in last week's Robert B. Lewis Stakes.Read More
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  • shadowno · Daniel, nice angle & something to consider. Do you have any idea if these horses are all physically housed and training at HP? · 111 days ago ·
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  • ghelguera · That's how I've been handicapping Santa Anita races this meet. Horses that work well at Hollywood run great at Santa Anita and the prices you get on these horses are great! · 111 days ago ·
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Thunder Moccasin looks ready to add his name to the list of Kentucky Derby contenders...Read More
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  • Floridaf · It's too bad that I'm not the only one to see it. He's the morning line favorite and likely to be bet down further. · 111 days ago ·
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  • wadzo · looks odds on must use in exotics · 111 days ago ·
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HRN Handicapper Jarrod Horak brings you the latest insight on Kentucky Derby 2012 contenders in this video!Read More
Maiden Battle Hardened jumped into the Kentucky Derby discussion with a surprising win in the Sam F. Davis Stakes...Read More
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  • Floridaf · That is very true, but Santiva has also run 2nd in the G1 Dixiana Breeders' Futurity in his previous start. This is definitely not an orthodox trainer, though. · 116 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · Didn't think Battle Hardened would get bet down to 9/2 from 12/1 morning line, but he ran his eye balls out from a extreme outside post in his previous race at GP. The way he rated Saturday was very encouraging since he didn't pass a horse in the stretch of his first 2 route races. · 114 days ago ·
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The first graded route for Kentucky Derby 2012 hopefuls at Tampa Bay Downs is the G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes and Gulfstream Park shipper Reveron is the tepid 3-1 choice. Read More
Kentucky Derby 2012 workouts for Friday, February 3  Today's Derby contender works featured an easy four furlong breeze from G2 Remsen runner-up Souper Speedy. His juvenile form was flattered when Remsen show finisher El Padrino came back with an impressive allowance route win at Gulfstrea...Read More
The Sam F. Davis kicks off Tampa Bay Downs' Road to the Roses...Read More
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  • Jinlie01 · Neck'N Neck def has a shot and probably decent betting odds as well. I like NNN and Prospective in the race on Sat. · 117 days ago ·
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  • Floridaf · NNN's morning line odds are 5-1. State of Play, Ecabroni, NNN, Reveron, and Prospective are the only ones with single digit odds on the ML. · 117 days ago ·
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Tampa Bay Downs has long been known as the only Thoroughbred racetrack on the Gulf Coast and has had a rather colorful history. It features a one mile dirt oval and a seven furlong turf course. The track first opened in 1926 under the name Tampa Downs. In 1943, the United States Army took over the t...Read More
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  • Cardly Knot · Ask and thou shall recieve. Happy travels, Vic:) http://www.drf.com/news/tampa-bay-announcer-richard-grunder-returns-booth · 156 days ago ·
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  • driveon · The old announcer is terrible - especially his call of "and the last horse away is...". I'll mute him. · 156 days ago ·
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Pomeroys Pistol avoids the Breeders' Cup bounce and takes the G3 Sugar Swirl. Previously undefeated Luke of York misses perfection by a length.Read More
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  • Capper · Last year Pameroys Pistol looked to me as a one-dimensional front runner, but its nice to she has the ability to relax and finish. It looks like big things could be coming her was in 2012. · 170 days ago ·
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  • Floridaf · Capper, I will certainly be keeping my eyes on her in 2012. It could be that we're looking at next year's top female sprinter. · 170 days ago ·
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Look out Uncle Mo. Todd Pletcher has another undefeated star in his stable and his name is Brethren, and Super Saver's baby brother is on the road to the Kentucky Derby following an effortless win in Saturday's Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Read More
Big win by Brethren!!! Brothers back to back in the Derby???
Welcome HRN racing fans to THE blog for rating the Derby preps!It struck me that by the time all the major and minor Derby preps have been completed and we're ready to get an early jump on handicapping a probable Derby field, recall gets a little fuzzy.  That was the inspiration for this blog.&...Read More
  • arazi · Great breakdown. Although I agree the Sam Davis field is a bit suspect, I think several in there do have the potential to jump up and become a serious contender. The Camino Real will be interesting to see how Comma To The Top deals with all the pace pressure. Could set up for a closer. · 474 days ago ·
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Brethren faces a deep field of 3-year-olds hoping to break through on the Derby Trail. Read More
Rule captured the 30th running of the Grade III $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, which headlined Festival Preview Day Presented by Lambholm South. Rule, a three-year-old son of Roman Ruler, captured his fourth lifetime win for owner/breeder WinStar Farm and trainer Todd Pletcher under reinsman Johnny V...Read More
  • Rossington · This colt is on a role, now having won 4 straight and never out of the money yet in his career. For me, if the Kentucky Derby were tomorrow, I'd have to bet Rule as my horse to win the Derby, unless between now and the first Saturday in May someone unexpected springs onto the scene that impresses me more than Rule has up to this point in the season. JMO. · 831 days ago ·
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  • mid0827 · Rule has put in some great efforts, and it would not surprise me to see him to continue to dominate fields going right into the Derby. But, unfortunately, game, classy frontrunners like this almost don't stand a chance in the Derby. Nearly every year, there are a few sprinters in there with no real chance, and they compromise the chances of frontrunners like this. There have been very few wire jobs in the Derby over the years, and even those came under specific circumstances. War Emblem was a horse nobody respected, and he wired the Derby the year after Monarchos won in a suicidal pace. Rule is much more likely to end up like Hard Spun or Lion Heart - flash speed, run a big race and then fight to hold on for second - than anything. · 831 days ago ·
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Rule was assigned a preliminary Beyer figure of 98 for his win in the G3-Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday.  The Todd Pletcher trainee was able to control the pace, put away his rivals at the top of the stretch, and run the final 3/16 of a mile in 31.79 to draw off to win by three lengt...Read More

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View Details02/04/12Tam81 1/16 mD03 MSam F. Davis-G3   0:00.00
View DetailsView Video02/04/12Tam111 1/16 mD03 MSam F. Davis-G3Battle HardenedProspectiveReveron1:44.58
View DetailsView Video02/12/11Tam101 1/16 mD03 MSam F. Davis-G3BrethrenToo ExperienceWatch Me Go1:45.07
View DetailsView Video02/13/10Tam101 1/16 mD03 MSam F. Davis-G3RuleSchoolyard DreamsUptowncharlybrown1:44.15
View Details02/14/09Tam101 1/16 mD03 MSam F. Davis-G3General QuartersSumoMusket Man1:43.54
View Details02/16/08Tam101 1/16 mD03 MSam F. DavisFierce WindBig TruckSmooth Air1:44.13
View Details02/17/07Tam101 1/16 mD03 MSam F. DavisAny Given SaturdayAll I Can GetJames Wilfred1:44.27
View Details02/18/06Tam101 1/16 mD0 Sam F. DavisBluegrass CatDeputy GlittersR Loyal Man1:44.17
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