Re: Only one Derby horse (465 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: January 06, 2015 04:32AM
lovetwogamble Wrote:
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> Any thoughts, experts?
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> A Bellamy Road colt out of an Awesome Again mare
> sure got my attention for for the Derby distance.
> And I get Bill Mott, too? Hmmmmm.....
Not sure you want HOF trainer Bill Mott for a Derby contender. In an
outstanding career going back to 1978, Mott has had very little success in the
Triple Crown races. A second by Illinois Derby winner Vision and Verse in the
1999 Belmont. A win by Drosslmeyer in the 2010 Belmont.
Now if you tell me you like a Bellamy Road colt to win the Wood, I'll start
remembering BR's 17-1/2 length blowout in the 2005 running of that race, in
which he equaled the track record for 9 furlongs (1:47).
