Re: A couple of early thoughts about Derby (892 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: April 20, 2014 10:54AM
mjellish Wrote:
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> Ride on Curlin is very well bred for the distance
> and get’s Calvin, which will hurt his price. He
> didn’t run poorly in the Ark Derby and the 1 ¼
> probably moves him up. Will have to see how he
> seems to act coming up to the race.
>
ROC is rather enigmatic. Bred for the distance and ran well in the OP preps, but his 2 lifetime wins were at 5-1/2 and 6f. Has there been a recent Derby winner without winning experience past one mile?