^ No doubt. There's seemingly been less of that than normal

this year. Lots of top horses still on the trail.

 

 

I watched the races from Dubai Saturday morning and was really impressed with the UAE Derby winner. Don't really think he'll come over, but it'd be fun to see if he could do something in the Derby. Absolutely ran off the screen and beat the heck out of that field last weekend.

 

Looks like he will be in Louisville...

So does Bob Baffert have the top two horses heading into the Derby? Dortmund has certainly looked the part and at first glance, that was really impressive from American Pharaoh in the Arkansas Derby just now.

Here is the field for the 99th running of the Kentucky Derby. Post/Horse/Jockey Who have you got?

 

Post Position Horse Jockey

1 Restless Jet Michael Hole

2 Angle Light John LeBlanc

3 Warbucks Bill Hartack

4 Sham Laffit Pincay, Jr.

5 Navajo Weston Soirez

6 Twice a Prince Angel Santiago

7 Our Native Donald Brumfield

8 Royal and Regal Walter Blum

9 Forego Pete Anderson

10 Secretariat Ron Turcotte

11 Shecky Greene Larry Adams

12 My Gallant Braulio Baeza

13 Gold Bag Earlie Fires

I'll put everything I own on Secretariat.

Here is the field for the 99th running of the Kentucky Derby. Post/Horse/Jockey Who have you got?

 

Post Position Horse Jockey

1 Restless Jet Michael Hole

2 Angle Light John LeBlanc

3 Warbucks Bill Hartack

4 Sham Laffit Pincay, Jr.

5 Navajo Weston Soirez

6 Twice a Prince Angel Santiago

7 Our Native Donald Brumfield

8 Royal and Regal Walter Blum

9 Forego Pete Anderson

10 Secretariat Ron Turcotte

11 Shecky Greene Larry Adams

12 My Gallant Braulio Baeza

13 Gold Bag Earlie Fires

 

You know, I've played this one before. Being perfectly objective, I'd have favored Sham over the field. Finished ahead of Secretariat at the Wood and won the Santa Anita. Sham was looking solid heading into the Derby.

 

Sham is still one of only three horses to run the final quarter of the Kentucky Derby in under 24 seconds; the other two are Secretariat and Whirlaway. Not bad.

Edit.

You know, I've played this one before. Being perfectly objective, I'd have favored Sham over the field. Finished ahead of Secretariat at the Wood and won the Santa Anita. Sham was looking solid heading into the Derby.

 

Sham is still one of only three horses to run the final quarter of the Kentucky Derby in under 24 seconds; the other two are Secretariat and Whirlaway. Not bad.

 

Sham was a great horse, and he was one of only three to break 2:00 in the Derby...but his effort yielded a second-place of course. Sham was known to be a very nice horse on the farm.

 

A little replay from history.

 

Left in Shambles : Everyone Remembers Secretariat's Great 1973, but What About That Horse He Kept Beating? - latimes

 

Following a dazzling Santa Anita Derby, Sham returned east for the Wood Memorial, looking for Secretariat. Big Red had an abscessed upper lip that day. Of course, nobody knew it at the time. Sham's jockey, Jorge Velasquez, waited and waited for the brilliant chestnut, who never came. Meanwhile, Angle Light got away. Sham took second. Secretariat was third.

 

Laffit Pincay was substituted for Velasquez at the Derby, but Sham had the fat lip at Churchill Downs. Slammed into the starting gate at the bell, Sham ran a huge race to finish 2 1/2 lengths behind. He was second in the Preakness too, again by 2 1/2. Then, 25 years between Triple Crowns, Secretariat and Sham went loping ahead of just a five-horse field at Belmont Park.

 

From 10 lengths astern, Braulio Baeza on Twice a Prince and Angel Cordero on My Gallant could actually see Sham's heart breaking. They glanced at each other in unjaded astonishment. Sham's legs were splaying apart. He was swimming instead of running. He was crying out in frustration.

 

Any other year, Sham would have been the great one.

BTW...here is a nice link to view workouts.

 

2015 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 1 and 2, 2015 | Tickets, Events, News

Question:

 

I have never been to the Derby, but a person told me today he can get me tickets with box seats. I am a horse-racing fan, but otherwise, I will watch the races on TV of course. Is it worth fighting the crowds?

Question:

 

I have never been to the Derby, but a person told me today he can get me tickets with box seats. I am a horse-racing fan, but otherwise, I will watch the races on TV of course. Is it worth fighting the crowds?

 

I think it's not that bad as long as you have someplace to sit. It's a spectacle in itself and I've had loads of fun every time I've been... but it is what it is: darn near 200,000 people crammed into a space that should probably hold many fewer.

 

But as a racing fan, there aren't many live race days left in this country that have the feeling of excitement as the noise from the grandstand at Churchill when the horses come around the final turn and head down the stretch in the Derby. It's exhilarating.

 

... And everyone should be so lucky as to experience the post-parade and singing "My Old Kentucky Home" in the grandstand once in their lives.

Ok folks; it's Monday and they haven't done the post position draw yet, but if you're picking a top three in order of finish... Who ya got?

 

For me: Dortmund-Frosted-Mubtahij

Question:

 

I have never been to the Derby, but a person told me today he can get me tickets with box seats. I am a horse-racing fan, but otherwise, I will watch the races on TV of course. Is it worth fighting the crowds?

 

If you've never been to Derby and you're actually a horse racing fan, I HIGHLY suggest you brave the crowd to take it in.

 

I've seen a lot of things in the sports world, but seeing everyone in the Grand Stand rise to their feet as they come around the final turn is a sight to be seen. I've been fortunate enough to see it several times from a unique vantage point (right next to the Winner's Circle)... It's pretty amazing.

 

But as a racing fan, there aren't many live race days left in this country that have the feeling of excitement as the noise from the grandstand at Churchill when the horses come around the final turn and head down the stretch in the Derby. It's exhilarating.

 

I hadn't seen your post when I made mine...

 

I think this is proof that it's a must-see event.

... And everyone should be so lucky as to experience the post-parade and singing "My Old Kentucky Home" in the grandstand once in their lives.

 

Chills, every time.

Question:

 

I have never been to the Derby, but a person told me today he can get me tickets with box seats. I am a horse-racing fan, but otherwise, I will watch the races on TV of course. Is it worth fighting the crowds?

 

Yes, one time.