5/3-4 (CD): Derby/Oaks Undercard Stakes Probables

[Kasept]

STAKES PROBABLES



$1 MILLION OLD FORESTER TURF CLASSIC (GI) (Entries taken Tuesday, April 30, race Saturday, May 4) – Probable: Breaking the Rules (Shug McGaughey), Bricks and Mortar (Chad Brown), March to the Arch (Mark Casse), Markitoff (Mike Maker), Multiplier (Bill Mott), Raging Bull (FR) (Brown) and Ticonderoga (Brown).



$500,000 CHURCHILL DOWNS (GI) (Entries taken Tuesday, April 30, race Saturday, May 4) – Probable: Bobby’s Wicked One (Al Stall Jr.), Do Share (Mike Maker), Limousine Liberal (Ben Colebrook), Promises Fulfilled (Dale Romans), Warrior’s Club (D. Wayne Lukas) and Whitmore (Ron Moquett).



$500,000 HUMANA DISTAFF (GI) (Entries taken Tuesday, April 30, race Saturday, May 4) – Probable: Amy’s Challenge (Mac Robertson), Marley’s Freedom (Bob Baffert), Shamrock Rose (Mark Casse) and Talk Veuve to Me (Rodolphe Brisset).



$400,000 AMERICAN TURF (GII) (Entries taken Tuesday, April 30, race Saturday, May 4) – Probable: A Thread of Blue (Kiaran McLaughlin), Avie’s Flatter (Josie Carroll), Casa Creed (Bill Mott), Digital Age (IRE) (Chad Brown), Forever Mo (Antonio Sano), Henley’s Joy (Mike Maker), Louder Than Bombs (David Fawkes), Marquee Prince (Brad Cox), Seismic Wave (Mott) and Weekly Call (Vickie Foley).



$400,000 LONGINES DISTAFF TURF MILE (GII) (Entries taken Tuesday, April 30, race Saturday, May 4) – Probable: Beau Recall (IRE) (Brad Cox), Capla Temptress (IRE) (Bill Mott), Daddy Is a Legend (George Weaver), Environs (GB) (Chad Brown), Got Stormy (Mark Casse), Precieuse (IRE) (Brown), Raven’s Lady (GB) (James Cassidy), Take These Chains (Matt Hogan) and Valedictorian (Kelly Breen).



$400,000 PAT DAY MILE (GIII) (Entries taken Tuesday, April 30, race Saturday, May 4) – Probable: Dream Maker (Mark Casse), Frolic More (Dallas Stewart), Global Campaign (Stan Hough), Great Success (Gustavo Delgado), High Crime (Darrin Miller), Hog Creek Hustle (Vickie Foley), Lexitonian (Jack Sisterson), Manny Wah (Wayne Catalano) and Mr. Money (Bret Calhoun).

[Dahoss]

Newspaperofrecord!

Interesting they are going back to turf with World of Trouble.

[NTamm1215]

Whitmore is going to the Churchill Downs also with Javier Castellano riding.

[blackthroatedwind]

Odd that Baffert chooses the Grade 2 Alysheba over the Grade 1 CD Sprint. Maybe he figures the two turn cutback is a better way to get to the Met Mile, which has to be the goal.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Odd that Baffert chooses the Grade 2 Alysheba over the Grade 1 CD Sprint. Maybe he figures the two turn cutback is a better way to get to the Met Mile, which has to be the goal.

Somewhere last week in a tweet or a press release I read that McKinzie was shipping to CD with both the Alysheba and the Met Mile on the agenda.

Perhaps Baffert is still stinging from Congaree's odds-on defeat in the 2003 Met Mile, which came on the heels of a drastic cutback in the Carter after just missing in the Big Cap.

[moses]

Not saying he can’t win...but Lexitonian in the Pat Day Mile seems like a bit much for him off a long layoff.