Re: Derby Post Mortem (739 Views)
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big18741 (IP Logged)
Date: May 07, 2006 11:01AM
Pletcher horses had some help yesterday.Is anyone surprised? His maiden 3 mill Forestry colt was challenged and under pressure the entire race.Gomez was all over him on the turn yet he was finding his best stride late at the end of the race?? It wasn't just the addition of blinkers IMO.English Channel wasn't that hard to come up with on trip.His winner in the 11th Yes Yes Yes ran a strong race-another that kept on going and going and going.I salvaged my day in the last two.
Keyed Entry is just distance challenged.
Bluegrass Cat I came up with as an under key-but no Barbaro on top.I couldn't see Prado working out that in the clear stalkers trip while chasing a hot pace and he didn't -the horse did.Sharp Humor couldn't even keep up with him on the backside which was surprising.Prado is just a passenger.Barbaro puts himself right where he needs to be in a race-he's just pulling Prado around-kind of like Elliot on Smarty Jones.
Brother Derek is gonna take money in the Preakness off his rough trip wide-wide,and Solis/Hendricks are saying they're gonna win it in Baltimore.He's the obvious option,but I think that effort could set him back.He's not beating Barbaro and he doesn't have to be in the exacta or tri.Waiting to see who shows up,but I'm leaning towards using a fresh horse or horses underneath Barbaro.If I'm Pletcher I take my shot against Barbaro in the Belmont with Sunriver.That is too much horse to deal with right now.Have to hope the tank gets emptied a little in two weeks.