You can see the beginning signs of Derby fever in the horseracing world with
the steady stream of articles, blogs posts, and twitter feeds related to
Saturday’s preps. Interest will
further rise if one of the races produces a dominating well-bet winner, and
several horses are capable of such a performance. Alpha, Liaison, Rousing
Sermon, Sky Kingdom, Ecabroni and Reveron could all move to the top shelf next
to Union Rags, Algorithms, El Padrino, Creative Cause, and Hansen with a
convincing win. Get all the info
you need on the Withers, Sam F. Davis, and Robert Lewis Stakes here//
Todd Pletcher looks to have another 3-year-old to watch in Raconteur, who won a
first level allowance at Aqueduct.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in the Gotham (G3) next out// Jeremy
Plonk believes El Padrino is the 2012 Kentucky Derby winner as long as he gets
the earnings to enter. I don’t
mind the bold statement, but disagree in making the case using a 2-length
allowance win over a sealed track.
Regardless, he’s an exciting colt to watch// Steve Haskin released his
first “Derby Dozen” which is always an informative read. He has Creative Cause at a surprising
#1 (currently #2 in
CTD Top 5) and makes good points why the colt should be discussed more in
Derby conversations.
Race page with PPs, race replays, articles and picks for Withers (G3), Sam F. Davis (G3), and Robert
Lewis (G2) here
Articles
Alpha:
A top dog or pretender? (Bloodhorse Blog)
Three-year-olds
take spotlight at Tampa (Miami Herald)
Mr.
Bowling leads strike of Gone West sons (Bloodhorse)
Ballydoyle
star Wrote 5th-best in U.S. list (The Racing Post)
Maker
duo leads WEBN Stakes at Turfway (Bloodhorse)
Trio
of Derby preps to test promising prospects (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Bob
Lewis headlines big day of Derby preps (Courier-Journal)
Three
Saturday stakes have Kentucky Derby implications (The Brock Talk Blog)
Kentucky
Derby hopefuls begin their road to Louisville in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis
Stakes (Louisville.com)
Rankings
Steve
Haskin Derby Dozen (Bloodhorse Blog)
Wireplayers
Derby Dozen (Wireplayers Blog)
Derby
Dozen (Chicago Now)
Picks
Withers: Thorofan
Blog
Robert Lewis: Ragozin
Insider (TTimes)
Sam F. Davis: Dick’s
Picks (The Downey Profile)
Works
Majestic Stride- OP- 5F- 1.06:80-
B- 19/20
Stat- PMM- 5F- 1.00:70- B- 3/11
Souper Speedy- PMM- 4F- 52:22-
B- 22/22
Mr. Style- PMM- 3F- 38:12-
B- 2/3
Night Tide- SA- 6F-
1.12:80- H- 2/22
Il Villano PMM- 5F- 1.01:98- B- 7/12
Notes and bits from web and Twitter:
Eddie
Kenneally: Coolmore's Giant's Causeway MDN Battle Hardened -- cross-entered in
GP 9 -- will run in TAM's G3 Sam F. Davis Saturday- Steve Byk via Twitter
Blingo:
37.20, 1:01.40 to the wire. Out big 1:13.20. Dude can cover some serious ground-
ClockerDH via Twitter
