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The Derby has changed (795 Views)
Posted by: jbelfior (IP Logged)
Date: May 03, 2004 10:33AM

I guess now is the time that we start reconsidering what it takes to win a Derby...speed or pedigree?? Sure it's ideal to have both, but the past 2 years winners'have been sired by 7f horses. Perhaps the 7f distance is what we need to look at in the future. Didn't the top 4 finishers have the best 7f races in the field?? (SJ 1:21 2/5 @ Philly; LH --HOL Prevue; IMPRLSM--San Vincente; LIMHSE--Hutcheson)

We now have a Distorted Humor offspring, followed this year by an Elusive Quality/Tale of the Cat 1-2 showing. I'm not sure what,if any,role the CD strip played in the winner coming home in :26 3/5. But think about this. The top 2 were slowing down and still extended their margin over the rest of the field.

Was the field behind the top 2 that bad?? Did the race lack a quality closer? Will SJ repeat another SUNDAY SILENCE and turn his slow 2:04 around with a brilliant Preakness performance?

Stay tuned. I can hear them loading up the EDDINGTON and RHT bandwagons.



Good Luck,
Joe B.




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The Derby has changed (795 Views) jbelfior 05/03/2004 10:33AM
Re: The Derby has changed (497 Views) miff 05/03/2004 10:48AM
Re: The Derby has changed (496 Views) JR 05/03/2004 10:58AM
Re: The Derby has changed (507 Views) Dan 05/03/2004 12:49PM
Re: The Derby has changed (477 Views) jbelfior 05/03/2004 02:28PM
Re: The Derby has changed (492 Views) Chuckles_the_Clown2 05/03/2004 02:37PM


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