BELMONT: Make that a field of 8 expected..

[Kasept]

5/7: Kentucky Derby - Churchill (10f)

1. Epicenter (Not This Time) 164 (Asmussen/Rosario)
2. Zandon (Upstart) 114 (C. Brown/Prat)
3. White Abarrio (Race Day) 112 (Joseph/Gallalione)
4. Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo) 112 (Pletcher/I. Ortiz)
5. Tiz the Bomb (Hit It a Bomb) 110 (McPeek/B. Hernandez)
6. Cyberknife (Gun Runner) 100 (Cox/Geroux)
7. Crown Pride-JPN (Reach the Crown) 100 (Shintani/Lemaire)
8. Taiba (Gun Runner) 100 (Yakteen/Smith)
9. Simplification (Not This Time) 74 (Sano/J. Ortiz)
10. Smile Happy (Runhappy) 70 (McPeek/Lanerie)
11. Classic Causeway (Giant's Causeway) 66 (Lynch/Leparoux)
12. Tawny Port (Pioneerof The Nile) 60 (Cox/Santana)
13. Barber Road (Race Day) 58 (J. Ortiz/R. Gutierrez)
14. Messier (Empire Maker) 40 (Yakteen/J. Velazquez)
15. Zozos (Munnings) 40 (Cox/M. Franco)
16. Summer Is Tomorrow (Summer Front) 40 (Seemar/Barzalona)
17. Charge It (Tapit) 40 (Pletcher/Saez)
18. Happy Jack (Oxbow) 30 (O'Neill/Bejarano)
19. Pioneer of Medina 25 (Pletcher/Bravo)
20. Ethereal Road 21 (Lukas/Contreras)
21. Rich Strike 21 (Reed/Leon)
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AE/22. Rattle N Roll 20 (McPeek/Graham)



5/21: Preakness - Pimlico (9.5f)

Epicenter (Asmussen)
Secret Oath (Lukas)
Simplification (Sano)
Early Voting (C. Brown)
Creative Minister (McPeek)
Armagnac (Yakteen)
Skippylongstocking (Joseph)
Fenwick (McKathan)
Happy Jack (O'Neill)


6/11: Belmont Stakes - Belmont (12f)

We the People (Brisset)
Rich Strike (Reed)
Barber Road (Ortiz)
Mo Donegal (Pletcher)
Nest (Pletcher)
Golden Glider (Casse)
Creative Minister (McPeek)
Skippylongstocking (Joseph)

[blackthroatedwind]

Barese is pointing ( I said pointing, not winning ) to the Wood

[Kasept]

3/26: Louisiana Derby - Fair Grounds (9.5f) 100-40-20-10

1 Silent Power (Gelner/Melancon) 50-1
2 Zosos (Cox/Geroux) 8-1
3 Call Me Midnight (Desormeaux/Graham) 6-1
4 Curly Tail (Stewart/C. Hernandez) 30-1
5 Kupuna (Calhoun/R. Gutierrez) 8-1
6 Epicenter (Asmussen/Rosario) 7-5
7 Pioneer of Medina (Pletcher/Gaffalione) 5-1
8 Galt (Mott/Alvarado) 8-1
9 Rattle n Roll (McPeek/B. Hernandez) 6-1



3/27: Sunland Derby - Sunland (9f) 50-20-10-5

1 Costa Terra (Negron/Asmussen)
2 Classic Moment (Rosario/Asmussen)
3 Fowler Blue (Maldonado/Mendez)
4 Slow Down Andy (Gutierrez/O'Neill)
5 Bye Bye Bobby (Chirinos/Fincher)
6 Pepper Spray (Valenzuela/Kereluk)
7 Chrome King (Garcia/Hernandez)
8 Straight Up (Gonzalez/Baltas)

[Kasept]

High Oak not 100% from Fountain spill (ankle) and will bypass Wood in favor of Pat Day Mile as target.

[Kasept]

Baffert refugee plans: Blackadder (Jeff Ruby or Blue Grass); Messier/McLaren Vale (Santa Anita Derby); Doppelganger (AR Derby)..

[knickslions2]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Baffert refugee plans: Blackadder (Jeff Ruby or Blue Grass); Messier/McLaren Vale (Santa Anita Derby); Doppelganger (AR Derby)..

https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-kent...173700382.html

[Kasept]

Arkansas Derby

1 KAVOD (Murrill/Hartman)
2 CHASING TIME (Lezcano/Asmussen)
3 BARBER ROAD (Gutierrez/J. Ortiz)
4 DOPPELGANGER (Velazquez/Yakteen)
5 UN OJO (Vazquez/Courville)
6 SECRET OATH (Contreras/Lukas)
7 BEN DIESEL (Court/Stewart)
8 CYBERKNIFE (Geroux/Cox)
9 WE THE PEOPLE (Prat/Brisset)

[Kasept]

5/7: Kentucky Derby - Churchill (10f)

1. Epicenter 164 (Asmussen)
2. White Abarrio 112 (Joseph)
3. Tiz the Bomb 110 (McPeek)
4. Cyberknife 100 (Cox)
5. Crown Pride-JPN 100 (Shintani)
6. Simplification 74 (Sano)
7. Classic Causeway 66 (Lynch)
8. Slow Down Andy 60 (O'Neill)
9. Barber Road 58 (J. Ortiz)
10. Un Ojo 54 (Courville)
11. Forbidden Kingdom 54 (Mandella) Santa Anita Derby
12. Morello 50 (Asmussen) Wood Memorial
13. Summer Is Tomorrow 40 (Seemar)
14. Zozos 40 (Cox)
15. Charge It 40 (Pletcher)
16. Tawny Port 40 (Cox)
17. Smile Happy 30 (McPeek) Blue Grass
18. Pioneer of Medina 25 (Pletcher)
19. Pappacap 24 (Casse)
20. Grantham 21 (Maker) Blue Grass
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21. Rich Strike 21 (Reed)
22. f-Secret Oath 20 (Lukas)
23. Rattle N Roll 20 (McPeek)
24. Ethereal Road 20 (Lukas)
25. $-Bye Bye Bobby 20 (Fincher)
26. Island Falcon (IRE) 20 (bin Suroor)
27. In Due Time 20 (Breen)
28. Dean’s List 20 (Pletcher)
29. Zandon 14 (Brown)
30. Mo Donegal 12 (Pletcher)

[RolloTomasi]

Tough decision ahead for Ken McPeek...

Does he prep for the Derby Stakes in the Kentucky Derby or the 2000 Guineas?

I would go with the latter. If he doesn't then the horse has no shot at the English Triple Crown...

[Alabama Stakes]

Pretty tough not to go to the Kentucky Derby after that effort today.

[RolloTomasi]

Who called the Jeff Ruby Steaks on the NBC telecast?

Loved his style. I think his approach is basically: 1) Call the correct horse on the lead and 2) never let on that you have no idea who the other horses are or what position they are in...

He even winged it on the name of the race right before the start. Pretty sure he called it the Jeffery Stakes.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Tough decision ahead for Ken McPeek...

Does he prep for the Derby Stakes in the Kentucky Derby or the 2000 Guineas?

I would go with the latter. If he doesn't then the horse has no shot at the English Triple Crown...

He is going to the Kentucky Derby

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

He is going to the Kentucky Derby

Saw that.

Going against the grain since the horse already proved himself over a European-style turf course at Kentucky Downs but has gotten brow beat in his only 2 dirt starts...

[RolloTomasi]

My bad. I guess he won an off-the-turf at Ellis Park.

Guess they'll do a rain dance.

The good news is they don't need to worry about a lead pony for the time being.

[moses]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Saw that.

Going against the grain since the horse already proved himself over a European-style turf course at Kentucky Downs but has gotten brow beat in his only 2 dirt starts...

He has 5 wins in his last 5 starts in Kentucky, including 4 stakes wins. I’m not sure what else you could ask for. His maiden win was by 14 lengths on the dirt, wasn’t it?

[Kasept]

5/6 (CD): Kentucky Oaks

1. Kathleen O. 150 (McGaughey)
2. Echo Zulu 130 (Asmussen)
3. Yuugiri 114 (Brisset)
4. Secret Oath 80 (Lukas)
5. Goddess of Fire 62 (Pletcher)
6. Turnerloose 60 (Cox)
7. Hidden Connection 57 (Calhoun)
8. Venti Valentine 54 (Abreu)
– +Candy Raid 51 (Desormeaux)
– +Cleopatras Charge 50 (Cross)
9. Shahama 50 (Pletcher)
– +Beguine 40 (Peitz)
10. Bubble Rock 30 (Cox)
11. Magic Circle 23 (Asmussen)
12. Shotgun Hottie 21 (Morey)
13. Nest 20 (Pletcher)
14. Ain’t Easy 20 (D’Amato)

– +Ali Alley 20 (Summers)
– Ice Orchid 20 (Ortiz)
15. Favor 20 (Pletcher)
16. Classy Edition 20 (Pletcher)

[Kasept]

ASHLAND (G1) 100-40-20-10

Nest 20 (Todd Pletcher)
Awake At Midnyte 14 (Doug O’Neill)
Cocktail Moments 12 (Kenny McPeek)
Miss Mattie B 2 (Bob Hess Jr.)
Happy Soul 0 (Wesley Ward)
Interstatedaydream 0 (Brad Cox)


GAZELLE (G2) 100-40-20-10

Venti Valentine 54 (Jorge Abreu)
Shotgun Hottie 21 (Bill Morey)
Classy Edition 20 (Todd Pletcher)
Morning Matcha 4 (Butch Reid)
Nostalgic 1 (Bill Mott)
Caragate 0 (Mitch Friedman)
Greatitude 0 (Todd Pletcher)
Divine Huntress 0 (Graham Motion)


SANTA ANITA OAKS (G1) 100-40-20-10

Adare Manor 0 (Tim Yakteen)


BEAUMONT (G1) 10-4-2-1

[Kasept]

ARMAGNAC (Yakteen) added to SA Derby field..

[Kasept]

5/7: Kentucky Derby - Churchill (10f)

1. Epicenter 164 (Asmussen)
2. Zandon 114 (C. Brown)
3. White Abarrio 112 (Joseph)
4. Mo Donegal 112 (Pletcher)
5. Tiz the Bomb 110 (McPeek)
6. Cyberknife 100 (Cox)
7. Crown Pride-JPN 100 (Shintani)
8. Taiba 100 (Yakteen)
9. Simplification 74 (Sano)
10. Smile Happy 70 (McPeek)
11. Slow Down Andy 60 (O'Neill)
12. Barber Road 58 (J. Ortiz)
13. Un Ojo 54 (Courville)
14. Early Voting 50 (C. Brown)
15. Morello 50 (Asmussen)
16. Messier 40 (Yakteen)
17. Zozos 40 (Cox)
18. Summer Is Tomorrow 40 (Seemar)
19. Charge It 40 (Pletcher)
20. Tawny Port 40 (Cox)
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21. Happy Jack 30 (O'Neill)
22. Pioneer of Medina 25 (Pletcher)
23. Grantham 21 (Maker)
24. Rich Strike 21 (Reed)
25. Rattle N Roll 20 (McPeek)
26. Ethereal Road 20 (Lukas)
27. $-Bye Bye Bobby 20 (Fincher) Lexington
28. Skippylongstocking 20 (Joseph)
29. In Due Time 20 (Breen) Lexington
30. Golden Glider 15 (Casse)
31. Major General 10 (Pletcher)
32. Dash Attack 10 (McPeek) Lexington
33. Call Me Midnight 10 (Desormeaux) Lexington

[Kasept]

Official Derby Grid (with Earnings)