7th (4:11)
Bonnie Miss S. (G2)
1 1/8 Miles | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $200,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Danny's Friend Nunez E O Warren Fred G 116 L 20-1
2 2 Switch Baze T C Sadler John W 116 L 4-1
3 3 Devil May Care Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 122 L 4-1
4 4 Joanie's Catch Lopez P Rose Barry R 116 L 10-1
5 5 Amen Hallelujah Leparoux J R Dutrow, Jr. R E 122 L 8-5
6 6 Christine Daae Nakatani C S Biancone Patrick L 116 L 2-1
The stakes debut of Christine Daae, the horse many are calling this years Rachel Alexandra. This is actually a very tough group lead by Amen Hallelujah, Switch is the stablemate of Crisp, Devil May Care has to bounce back if she wants any chance to make the Oaks. I think that Christine could be nothing, but hype and will lose this race to either Switch, Joanie's Catch or Amen Hallelujah. Then again I've been wrong before.
8th (4:42)
Rampart S. (G3)
1 1/8 Miles | Fillies and Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Bambera (VEN) Perez E Andrade Pablo 121 L 8-1
2 2 Don't Forget Gil Dominguez R A Hennig Mark 121 L 4-1
3 3 Miss Match (ARG) Garcia Alan Matz Michael R 117 L 12-1
4 4 Aurora Lights Velasquez C Coatrieux Eric 121 L 3-1
5 5 Even Road Cruz M R Ersoff Stanley M 117 L 10-1
6 6 Miss Singhsix (IRE) Leparoux J R Wolfson Martin D 117 L 6-1
7 7 Champagne Eyes Castellano J J Wolfson Martin D 117 L 15-1
8 8 Unrivaled Belle Desormeaux K J Mott William I 117 L 2-1
The much anticipated US debut of Bambera. On paper, she's ahead of this class. However, she in reality is taking a step up in class (Ven.'s G1's are not internationally regonized thanks to Sid Fernarndo for mentioning this on Twitter a while back). Don't Forget Gil was a nice horse for the first part of the year, then faded down the stretch, Unrivaled Belle finished second behind Flashing in the Gazelle. However, I should note that Flashing had the honor of finishing third in the Mother Goose, when Rachel was facing her and future G2 winner Malibu Prayer, so it's unfair to compare Gil and Belle to Bambera. The interesting thing is that Bambera is 8-1 on the morning line, Brian of Zipse at the Track says this. I think (and hope) that Bambera wins this race to set up an even more intereresting Apple Blossom sans Rachel.
9th (5:14)
Appleton S. (G3)
7 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $100,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Society's Chairman Lezcano J Attfield Roger L 120 L 5-1
2 2 Together Indy Desormeaux K J Weaver George 118 L 12-1
3 3 Kiss the Kid Castro E Tarrant Amy 122 L 5-2
4 4 Carson Hall Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 118 L 10-1
5 5 Suyeta Lopez P Leahy Michael P 118 L 20-1
6 6 Storm Play Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 118 8-1
7 7 Rahy's Attorney Castellano J J Black Ian 122 L 3-1
8 8 Boots Ahead Leparoux J R Weaver George 120 L 6-1
9 9 Almoradi (IRE) Nakatani C S Biancone Patrick L 118 L 8-1
This is really a two horse race between Kiss the Kid and Rahy's Attorney. Kiss is the defending champ in this race, and I wouldn't be suprised if he wins. Carson Hall seems to be intriguing and he's my pick to finish second.
10th (5:45)
Swale S. (G2)
7 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Hear Ye Hear Ye Sanchez J Gold Stanley I 120 L 15-1
2 2 Silver Craft Castanon J L Reinstedler A L 116 L 15-1
3 3 Ibboyee Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 120 L 4-1
4 4 City Trooper Castellano J J Weaver George 116 L 6-1
5 5 Fearless Cowboy Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran P 120 L 10-1
6 6 Dixie Band Leparoux J R Catalano Wayne M 120 L 6-1
7 7 D' Funnybone Prado E S Dutrow, Jr. R E 122 L 6-5
8 8 Gary D Trujillo E Pinchin Jose 120 L 12-1
9 9 Privilaged Baze T C Sadler John W 114 L 20-1
D'Funnybone is the horse to beat, I would love to see Ibboyee rebound from the Count Fleet in here. Hear Ye Hear Ye is trained by the former trainer of Jackson Bend.
11th (6:20)
Florida Derby (G1)
1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $750,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Soaring Empire Castro E Gambolati Cam 122 L 20-1
2 2 Lentenor Garcia Alan Matz Michael R 122 L 6-1
3 3 Pulsion Nakatani C S Biancone Patrick L 122 L 12-1
4 4 Pleasant Prince Leparoux J R Ward Wesley A 122 L 15-1
5 5 Game On Dude Rose J Mareina Michael 122 L 12-1
6 6 First Dude Dominguez R A Romans Dale 122 L 8-1
7 7 Rule Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 122 L 5-2
8 8 Ice Box Lezcano J Zito Nicholas P 122 L 15-1
9 9 Miner's Reserve Desormeaux K J Zito Nicholas P 122 L 6-1
10 10 Best Actor Castellano J J Catalano Wayne M 122 L 20-1
11 11 Radiohead (GB) Prado E S Dutrow, Jr. R E 122 L 3-1
So here we are the first G1 for three year olds. The first name to pop out off the page is Lentenor, who of course is by Dynaformer out of a Carson City mare. He's taking a huge step up in class, and only has a maiden win to his name (however many horses in this race do). However, he has family history with this race, as his big brother won the race in 2006. Now he has a long way to catch what Barbaro did, and this is his one shot of doing so. Radiohead is an intriging horse that he's only of two horses in this race that have graded stakes experience. Of course I've been babling about Rule for the past year, and he is my pick to win the race. This really isn't a great field, but Rule doesn't need to win in order to make the Derby. However, getting that Grade 1 win could be important in the long run when it comes to the Championship contention.
Top three:
Rule
Radiohead
Lententor
Also one more announcement, if you are member of the Facebook group, then you've already read this, but if you are not this is what I'm talking about:
I'm pleased to announce the following chat dates for the Thorough Chat's Live Chats. This went over well with the Eclipse Chat, so I'm bringing this back. All Chats will begin at 7:00 pm EDT/6:00 CDT and end about 45 minutes to an hour later. All chats will be on Mondays, except for April 5, there will not be a chat (for those who may not know I lost my dad last year on April 4, out of respect of him I will not be holding a chat even though it's really one of the last Mondays before the Derby. April 5 is also my mom's birthday, and it's a major milestone so I think my sister and I want to take her somewhere nice.). The chat instead will be held on Saturday April 3th (Time will be determined, more then likely around 8 pm).All of these chats will be held on Coverit Live, and no they will not be replacing the Weekend Recaps. While these chats are going on the Weekend Recaps will be on Sundays instead (the lone exception is the April 3rd races, the recap will be on Tuesday instead). I hope everyone enjoys the first weekend of Spring!
What is the chats going to focus on? It will be a recap of the past weekends races. I'll have a video of the race and we will break down how each horse did. Then we will be able to talk about other contenders who are on the Derby trail. I hope that you can join us starting this Monday, March 22, 2010 for the TC Derby Trail Live Chat.
Dates:
March 22: Recap of the FL Derby and Swale
March 29: Recap of the Lane's End, Sunland Derby and LA Derby
April 3: Special Chat: Recap of the SA Derby, Wood, IL Derby
April 5: No Chat due to personal obligations.
April 12: Recap of the Bluegrass and AR Derby
April 19: Recap of the Lexington
So that's it! I hope everyone enjoys these chats and I'm really excited about them.
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