West Virginia Derby Preview

The West Virginia Derby will be held on Saturday at Mountaineer. This year's field includes three horses who ran in this year's KY Derby as well as as one who was on the trail. Lets a take a look at this year's field.

RACE 8 WEST VIRGINIA DERBY (GRADE II) POST TIME - 5:45 PM

Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort STAKES

Purse $750,000. For Three Year Olds. No Nomination Fee. $1,500 to pass the entry box. $3,000 additional to start. Money to be divided: $435,750 to Winner; $150,000 to Second; $75,000 to Third; $37,500 to Fourth; $15.000 to Fifth; $5,250 to Sixth through Twelfth. WEIGHT 124 Lbs. Winners of Two Grade I races at One Mile or Over in 2014. 2 Lbs. additional; Non-winners of a Grade I race at One Mile or Over in 2014. allowed 2 Lbs.; Non-winners of a Grade II race at One Mile or Over in 2014. 4 Lbs.; Non-winners of a Grade IIIrace at One Mile or Over in 2014. 6 Lbs. TROPHY TO THE WINNING OWNER, TRAINER AND JOCKEY. CLOSED MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014 WITH 47 NOMINATIONS. One And One Eighth Miles.

PP	Horse	A/S	Med	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer
1	Key for Success (KY)	3/G	L	R A Stokes, III	118	T C Short
2	For Goodness Sake (KY)	3/C	L	B J Hernandez, Jr.	118	M A Tomlinson
3	Classic Giacnroll (KY)	3/G	L	K Carmouche	118	L Guerrero
4	Vicar's in Trouble (LA)	3/C	L	A Garcia	122	M J Maker
5	Tapiture (KY)	3/C	L	R Napravnik	120	S M Asmussen
6	Gold Appointment (LA)	3/G	L	R A Stokes, III	118	R Rockwell
7	Divine View (KY)	3/C	L	K D Clark	118	J L Jones
8	Only I Know (KY)	3/G	L	C P Pilares	118	D E Rombis
9	Candy Boy (KY)	3/C	L	C S Nakatani	122	J W Sadler

Key for Success (Red Giant): 0 for 4 in his career. Finished 2nd in his last start.

For Goodness Sake (Big Brown): Won last two (maiden and allowance). One of the horses he defeated in his last was Golden Soul.

Classic Giacnroll (Giacomo): 2nd in an allowance in his last, but has stakes experience. Chased home Samraat, Uncle Sigh and Kid Cruz.

Vicar's In Trouble (Into Mischief): Last in the KY Derby and was 3rd in the Iowa Derby. All of his wins have been in his native Louisana.

Tapiture (Tapit): 15th in the Derby, he rebounded to win the Matt Winn. Might be a little bit longer then he wants to win at.

Gold Appointment (Grand Appointment): Won an allowance in his last after failing in a LA bred stakes before that. Won the Crescent City Derby that did not have Vicar's In Trouble (who was facing open company), first start outside of Louisiana. Scratched after I posted this post and recorded the video

Divine View (Divine Park): 2nd in an allowance in his last, 4th in the Buddy Delp before that. Niether stakes try has been successful.

Only I Know (Flower Alley): 2nd in allowance in his last. Has one start outside of Mountaineer, a 6th place finish at Woodbine.

Candy Boy (Candy Ride (ARG)): 13th in the KY Derby, 2nd to Shared Belief in the Los Al Derby (formally the Swaps) in his last. Won the Lewis earlier this year and 3rd in SA Derby as well.

To see my picks please watch the F&H episode (I do a recap of the Jim Dandy and Haskell (forgot the Bing Crosby :P).

Good luck to all and safe travels!