Re: Going Wild with a Derby Rabbit? (436 Views)
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BitPlayer (IP Logged)
Date: April 11, 2005 04:32PM
Going Wild may need some help graded-earnings-wise to get in. He's 26th with only $47,500 on the list Churchill Downs put out today. I read a quote from Lukas's assistant saying that GW's Wood was too bad to be believed, so they're drawing a line through it. Maybe they'll try the Lexington if they need earnings.
The interesting horse, earnings-wise, is Bandini. At $60,000, he'll have to do well against a tough Blue Grass field this weekend or be in jeopardy of missing the Derby.
Has anyone read whether John Velazquez is riding Afleet Alex or Bandini this weekend? I assume he'd prefer Bandini, but I'm wondering what kind of commitment he had to make to supplant Jeremy Rose.