IHA haters keep searching someday you squirrels will find the nut AFTER IHA retires with the TC.
Yes! For all of the I'll Have Another supporters! The best day at the track in my life and still pumped from it. Cold exacta yesterday, future bets to win and exacta, late double,Oaks/Derby and Oaks/Woodford/Derby pick three all hit. Ironic the last Santa Anita/ Kentucky Derby winner was my love Sunday Silence! I have a new equine buddy....I'll Have Another!
So basically box 16 horses in the triple and 13 in the exacta? Thanks but I'll use my own cheese shredder to cut this sucker down
All the sprints and shorter races are over. Welcome to I'll Have Another's territory. He gallops long , with power and bred to run all day. He'll be spinning around the top of turn and while your horse gasps for air , this one will just get going. Bandwagon door is still open..
On paper it is a terrible decision. But I'm not in their shoes. If I was the owner of a horse who had some talent the chance as slim as it might be to run in The Derby might never come again. Keep in mind just when we think we have everything figured out horses as recent as Giacomo and Mine That Bird win this race. Results like these give these owners to opportunity to dream
This race will have all eyes on the break,what is going on up front and the time. I'm sure Dullahan fans will hope for Hansen and Bodemeister to slug it out while going 46. I don't expect it to happen. Hansen being caught in the Blue Grass had to bring doubts of his distance limitations. The Derby will have lots of horses besides Dullahan to worry about. I expect him to try to rate early on before stepping on it. The other angle is if Hansen lets it rip, Mike Smith has been in too many big wars to let Bodemeister burn with him.
Using Howe Great with Ever So Lucky in exotics
Bodemeister needs a win to get into the Derby. Bodemeister//Stat//Najjaar
If you rely heavily on the "who did they beat' theory then you came up empty in at least the last 3 Derbys.Animal Kingdom? A Grade 3 win on poly? Super Saver lost to longshot Line of David and finished third in the Tampa Bay Derby. Mine That Bird? I wont bore you there.
I think this year's Derby is starting to look alot like last year's Derby in regards to pace. This horse will get the distance and be in a perfect position to strike first at the top of the stretch.