When CtC calls me a historian, its a way of pointing out my advanced age.

Without wanting to surf too extensively, or go to the bookshelves, the briefest
of searches disclosed that Baron de Vaux, second in the 1990 Haskell at 26/1
under Cruguet, was trained by Charles Peoples. (The 1990 Haskell was won by
Restless Con, ridden by Tim Doocy and trained by Duane Offield; two of the
three favorites in the race, Profit Key (Lukas/Santos) and Secret Hello
(Brothers/Day) were second last and last, so in retrospect it could be said
that this was a good betting race).

Your pedigree report for Dixieland Brass, winner of the 1989 Hutcheson,discloses
that DB was owned and bred by Bayard Sharp, who bred owned and raced many good
ones, mainly in Maryland. I am pretty certain that Peoples trained for Mr.
Sharp somewhere along the way, so Charles Peoples might be your man.

Information about Pie in the Sky is more elusive, but your pedigree report
states that he won the 1992 running of the G3 Cherry Hill Mile at Garden State
Park---in a glacial 1:39.

I shall digress here. The Garden State Park which opened in 1985, built by
Robert Brennan with the funds of others, was probably as nice a track as I was
associated with. A beautiful though empty grandstand, a modern, clean
backstretch area with a clean receiving barn and veterinary clinic, a safe
surface, an acessible paddock. Hard to believe that NJ is down to 1 facility
dedicated to thoroughbred racing.

Oh sorry were you talking bout the Ky Derby sponsored by Yums Brands? I guess
you're still liking the Pa Bred? Does it bother you at all that he goes from
the 8 "mark" LeComte into another 8 mark race, the Southwest at Oaklawn?

The extent of my intrigue with the Derby this year is to see what role the
Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland will play as a Derby prep, and how horses who run
over the rug in Lexington will fare at Churchill in their next race.

But as the Guru says, its foolish to go on for hours and hours 3 months in
advance of an event which will take less than 2 minutes.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2007 12:27PM by richiebee.