There is not one horse to be excited about at this point. NOT ONE. Somebody has to win the G 1 races but I haven't seen any horse that is still on the Derby trail that is anything more than a G2 at this point
There is not one horse to be excited about at this point. NOT ONE. Somebody has to win the G 1 races but I haven't seen any horse that is still on the Derby trail that is anything more than a G2 at this point
Last edited by Slewbopper; 04-09-2011 at 02:49 PM.
Your don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.....RZ
No, last year's was. And the year before that, and the year before that. It's tradition.
There is always this thread.
Every year.
Well, if you were just all over Uncle Mo. Then I guess you don't have any horses to be "excited" about. Unless he's still pointing to the Derby that is. You can still be excited.
I think there are other horses for other people to be excited about though.
There are some really nice horses this year, but several of those nice colts aren't 1 1/4 horses or are going to be late developers.
Last year was definitely worse
I'm ready to judge. This crop sucks.
Everyone come home sound
How about The FactorOriginally Posted by Slewbopper
If The Robot is in the winner's circle, then it is a boring Derby. I want Zito to cry in the winner's circle.. Kodak moment.
[T]he sire was a phenomenal racehorse. We all know that. -- The Awesome FERG's description of Dini.
Isn;t he by Pomeroy? He will fold like a cheap suit at the head of the stretch and some allowance horse like Mine that Bird or Super Saver will pick up the pieces. Bet whoever Calvin is on..
Your don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.....RZ
War Front.
I really hope the rail doesn't magically open for Calvin's mount this year. I think it's time for another jockey to win the Derby; I'm tired of the only handicapping criteria for the Derby being who Borel is riding
The Factor has done nothing wrong at this point. He just may be a freak. War Emblem sure took a nice field wire to wire and this current crop doesn't appear to be as good as what WE faced.
It's April already and there is no one horse that I'm excited about.
Uncle Mo could beat this field decisively.
http://espn.go.com/horse/triplecrown...4/1378145.html
[T]he sire was a phenomenal racehorse. We all know that. -- The Awesome FERG's description of Dini.
please tell me your joking? i see 3 horses who can beat him.
Great workout for Mo. Not a terrible outing. Still the Derby favorite if healthy.IMHO
Don't panic.
...but the Derby hasn't even been run yet.
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EXACTLY, i can't remember a year where it wasn't the worst bunch of derby horses ever and that includes the years of secretariat and seattle slew. and i can't remember a year since i started hovering around TBC that there wasn't this thread...at this point i wouldn't feel like it was really triple crown time without it
Yup and I am pretty sure there are some very talented horses in this crop, they may just not be in the Derby or be true Derby material. Then again how many good 10f horses do we really seem to have anymore? It sure seems like most of the talented horses we have seen recently were seemed to be much better milers and to 9f than 10f horses over all. We have had a few that really did do well at 10f but as an older horse there aren't that many 10f options so we don't always get to see the true 10f horses really shine year long.
I think Uncle Mo, The Factor, BAT (injury) are all very talented and a few others I think are good horses as well. Hopefully they will continue to race and we will see.
Guess at this point it's gonna be either Midnight Interlude or The Factor's to win. Due to attrition.
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