Totally agree. And I'll Have Another will win the Preakness. If you watched how the track played this weekend, it only helped Bodemeister. And IHA won somewhat easily at the end.
Brian, I hope you're right. I made one of my biggest future wager bets on Summer Applause. She was 16-1 and at the time I thought it was a steal. And the $2 exacta over On Fire Baby? $325...
I think you've nailed it on the head! This is a great Derby class - and the facts are there to back it up! Even beyond that, I think this is deepest Derby I have ever seen - going back to 1990. There are probably 9 or 10 horses here who could run their race - and we would say they were deserving winners.
Really nice article on DerbyWars!
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Great call, Jarrod! Someone mentioned the speed bias, and they are correct, but at this 1 1/16 mile distance, I think it's more of an inside bias. I don't think it's an accident that the top 4 spots were taken up by posts 1 thru 5. Watch for more opportunities like this at GP this winter.
Jmac - the wiki is open for anyone to use. If you don't see a race, feel free to add it.
Great job! Racing definitely needs more college students. It's a great time to get started in racing, that's when I did.
We have 31 years of Whitney history in the HRN database, but only 7 of them are prior to 1988. If anyone has data on older Whitney's they could add, that would be great!
He made the WV Derby look easy...