Eight Belles to the Derby?

[lostcode]

Enough about Beyer Speed Figures, Eight Belles has no shot to win the Derby, none....Rags to Riches was a genetic freak last year and if people think she will go into this group and run with Big Brown, War Pass and Gayego up front and hold off the closers. I hope she does run she will take a lot of money after Rags winning last year in the Belmont. There is more to the Kentucky Derby than speed figures.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by lostcode

Enough about Beyer Speed Figures, Eight Belles has no shot to win the Derby, none....Rags to Riches was a genetic freak last year and if people think she will go into this group and run with Big Brown, War Pass and Gayego up front and hold off the closers. I hope she does run she will take a lot of money after Rags winning last year in the Belmont. There is more to the Kentucky Derby than speed figures.

Not saying she's going to win but considering how her figures stack up against this crop they have every right to enter her.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Not saying she's going to win but considering how her figures stack up against this crop they have every right to enter her.

i agree, and have no idea what rags to riches has to do with eight belles. also she doesn't need the lead, as she showed in her last. i'd like to see her, and felt til just after the fantasy that she might show up. but jones and porter seemed hesitant because her last race was so close. but i guess a few days of thinking about it has changed their minds.

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by lostcode

Enough about Beyer Speed Figures, Eight Belles has no shot to win the Derby, none....Rags to Riches was a genetic freak last year and if people think she will go into this group and run with Big Brown, War Pass and Gayego up front and hold off the closers. I hope she does run she will take a lot of money after Rags winning last year in the Belmont. There is more to the Kentucky Derby than speed figures.

Eight Belles would not be facing Street Sense, Hard Spun, Curlin, or Any Given Saturday... that's what the connections for R2R was looking at last year. Not quite the same competition in 2008 as it was in '07... IMO.