Re: Illinois Derby (553 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: April 24, 2014 12:29PM
Pedigree is tricky because dad Henny Hughes raced maybe seven times, never
past 1-1/16th miles. Mom is by AP Indy, unraced, has produced two unraced, a
minor winner and Chitu.
I'll give out some proprietary TG sire profile info: 27 SW, 10 at 1 mile or
over; 28/11 if Beholder's recent victory has not been added in.
Not impressive. Of course, if you go over by Chitu's barn and his nostrils
are big enough to stick a clincher in, or you see whatever in his physicality
which makes you think he will go long, well then just shred that pedigree
page.
Chitu has had four lifetime starts, two of them at 6 furlongs. History says
that isn't enough to support a victorious Derby run. Chitu's not Big Brown.
Chitu comes from one of the unfashionable points laden final preps. In this
century, only three Derby winners have come from said races: Animal (Spiral),
Mine That B (Sunland) and War Emblem (Ill Derby). Street Sense came out of
the first synthetic Blue Grass, do not want to say that that race became a
second tier prep the first year it was run on synthetic
Chitu joins WMA and WR on the "tossable" list. Is Uncle Sigh going? If so he
makes it a foursome.