Oak that Bluegrass

Final major preps this weekend! The Bluegrass down at Keenland and the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn, both are G1 races this year. I'm not going to do a major preview of the two races as I had a really nice post all written up then accdently posted before I was done. So I had to delete it unfortanlly. Anyway here are the two fields!

9th (5:30)
Toyota Blue Grass S. (G1)
1 1/8 Miles (All Weather Track) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $750,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Odysseus Maragh R Albertrani Thomas 123 LA 7-2
2 2 First Dude Dominguez R A Romans Dale 123 LA 8-1
3 3 Stately Victor Garcia Alan Maker Michael J 123 LA 30-1
4 4 Make Music for Me Smith M E Barba Alexis 123 LA 6-1
5 5 Codoy Velazquez J R Hubley Mark 123 L 30-1
6 6 Pleasant Prince Leparoux J R Ward Wesley A 123 L 3-1
7 7 Paddy O'Prado Desormeaux K J Romans Dale 123 LA 10-1
8 8 Aikenite Gomez G K Pletcher Todd A 123 LA 4-1
9 9 Interactif Bejarano R Pletcher Todd A 123 LA 4-1

9th (4:47)
Arkansas Derby (G1)
1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Super Saver Borel C H Pletcher Todd A 122 L 9-5
2 2 Dublin Thompson T J Lukas D Wayne 122 L 7-2
3 3 Noble's Promise Albarado R J McPeek Kenneth G 122 L 2-1
4 4 Northern Giant Espinoza V Lukas D Wayne 118 L 8-1
5 5 Uh Oh Bango Bridgmohan S X Owens R Kory 122 L 15-1
6 6 New Madrid Castellano A Jr Ice Tim A 118 L 20-1
7 7 Berberis Gryder A T Asmussen Steven M 118 L 30-1
8 8 Line of David Court J K Sadler John W 118 L 15-1
9 9 Pulsion Nakatani C S Biancone Patrick L 118 Blk-Off L 15-1

I will say that I like Make Music for Me in the Bluegrass and Super Saver in the AR Derby.

Also tomorrow, Stardom Bound makes her grass debut, Bell's Shoes takes another shot at stakes action, and much more.

To end the night, Apple Blossom, what can I say? Zenyatta showed that she is the best! I haven't watched the replay yet, but I plan to within the next couple of days or so. Hopefully a race against the males is next, but if her connections bring her back to Cali to face females, I believe people will not be happy. It's somewhat fitting that she won on the same day that Personal Ensign passed away. The first major horse to retire undefeated since Colin, Personal Ensign won the 1988 BC Distaff defeating Winning Colors who defeated the boys that season in the Kentucky Derby. Personal Ensign would go on to be the dam of three G1 winners including BC Juvi Fillies winner and Belmont 3rd place finisher My Flag, herself a G1 producing dam (BC Juvi Fillies winner Storm Flag Flying). I'm going to miss her.

Also don't forget that the Live Chat returns to it's normal Monday time at 7 pm EDT, there might be a couple of special guests, so stay tuned for that. Recap will be returning on Sunday as well.