Although I was duly impressed by Bellamy Road‘s Wood Memorial victory back in 2005, I confess I never got on his bandwagon; I stayed with Afleet Alex, who had been my pick since before the 2004 Juvenile. (For the record, my Derby trifecta that year was Afleet Alex, Flower Alley and Bandini — while I […]
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Following Curlin’s triumph in the Dubai World Cup (against an international field of much greater depth than you typically see for the Breeders’ Cup Classic), the question becomes ‘who is left to beat?’ He’s to be shipped back to the States next week for a little rest, then on to a summer campaign. My […] Big Brown: OK, I’m convinced. Wow. I’m also thrilled that Tomcito got up for third. More on the Dubai World Cup (and the Florida Derby undercard) later… Finally, an interesting Derby prep! Elysium Fields (currently my favorite of the trio of Barclay Tagg trainees on the Derby trail) and Fierce Wind (one of the ‘other’ Nick Zito horses) should both prove serious threats in the Florida Derby. Majestic Warrior made a big impression on Coolmore back in September, but doesn’t have a […] We know he’s by Street Cry, we know he’s won two Group 1 classics in Peru (despite an age disadvantage, running against Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds, and at real distances), but what does it all mean? The real question mark is one of class (although the same could be said for much of the competition this […] By now, the news that Rags to Riches has been retired is common knowledge; while the official story is that she re-injured the leg she fractured last year, one does wonder whether (for which read ‘if’) that happened during or after a nice workout at Palm Beach Downs on March 19th. It’s hardly shocking news […] This past weekend’s Derby preps weren’t much help in terms of bandwagon-jumping; War Pass finally had a bad day and the relatively-unheralded (although previously a second place finisher to Denis of Cork) California-bred Sierra Sunset took the Rebel. Georgie Boy, trained by Kathy Walsh, also represented for California by winning the San Vicente, although the […] Pyro became the talk of the Derby trail with his win in the Louisiana Derby last weekend (not to mention his retirement plans); while his final sweep was impressive to watch, his Beyer was still comparatively low. Alan has some interesting perspective on that angle, however, and I’m agreeing with his assessment at this point. […] |
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