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Ok, what have we learned?

posted by Justin Dew on January 02, 2008 Tags: , , , ,

In theory, the path to the Kentucky Derby winners circle has been remapped in recent years. In 2006, Barbaro prepped on the grass and took five weeks off before Derby Day. Street Sense broke all kinds of rules last year, ranging from his light schedule to his juvenile accolades. So, logic dictates that the rules have changed and that there is more than one way to smell the roses.

But I don’t care.

War Pass: toss. Any horse that has yet to make his first career start: toss. Any horse who only makes two starts between January 1st and Derby Day: toss. Any horse that attempts to win the Derby without a prep in the final four weeks: toss.

Hey, you gotta draw the line somewhere, right? I think I’ve heard that somewhere before.

It’s good to be back.

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wnefzger

01/05/2008 8:34 am

Sweet. I've been waiting for this. Good to see that you're back. The new site looks great and keeps getting better every year.

What's the early word down at Gulfstream?

beebs4201

01/08/2008 2:11 pm

Living in Louisville, I look forward to Derby fever every year. I have my eye on a 3 year old colt out of Vindication, trained by Eric Guillot. The colt's name is Signature Move. He just won a pretty easy Allowance race at Santa Anita last weekend at 1 1/16 mile and did it in 1:42 and change. I am looking forward to seeing this one up against some stiff competetion in his next start.

Garndtz

01/08/2008 2:16 pm

Hey Justin:

I am glad to see the most interesting, well written KY derby blogger is back! Best of luck this year and I hope you can nail another big exacta. If you have the time, I would love to see a San Rafael and Lecomte break down.

All the best.

tracydr

01/08/2008 9:51 pm

Welcome back Justin
Great to hear from you once agian.Looking forward to your many witty insights and observations. How bout the Lecomte ? Do ya think Eze can get wire to wire ?
Do ya ?

justin

01/09/2008 2:59 pm

Hi everybody. I'm glad to see some familiar names here. It's great to have you back.

I'll try to make this blog informative, insightful, and entertaining, and I encourage all of you to help me. Leave comments whenever you like, and I'll respond as often as I can.

wnefzger

01/10/2008 11:12 pm

I posted this over on Dan's blog too b/c he's in vegas, but does anyone know what racebooks have future odds for the Derby up so far?

Will

mike barker

01/18/2008 1:16 pm

welcome back Justin and everyone hope everybody had a happy new year....Theres a nice 3 yr old in tomorrow at FairGrounds Race #7 hes #7 Denis of Cork he broke his maiden at Churchill Going 7 furlongs hopefully he will stretch out to 1 1/40 hes out of Harlans Holiday......oh and Will heres a future book site http://letitride.com/LVH_Future_Book_Odds.cfm

mike barker

01/21/2008 11:33 pm

7th Race

Next Post 4:27 Off: 3:56 | 1 Mile 40 Yards | 3 Year Olds | Allowance | Purse: $40,500

# Horse Jockey Weight Win Place Show
7 Denis of Cork Borel C H 118 3.80 2.40 2.10
6 Unbridled Vicar Lanerie C J 118 3.00 2.20
2 Sagaponack Bridgmohan S X 118 4.00

Times in 5ths: :251 :494 1:144 1:401 1:424

Times in 100ths: :25.32 :49.89 1:14.90 1:40.37 1:42.83