The Good Ole Switcheroo

You may or may not have heard: Eskendereya, who is on the top of many people's Derby lists (mine is not one of them), will be skipping the Florida Derby and going to the Wood Memorial instead. His stablemate Rule will be replacing him in the G1 race at Gulfstream this upcoming Saturday. This means that the son of Roman Ruler will be going into the Run to the Roses on a six week layoff. It had been previously announced that Eskendereya would be going to the Florida Derby, and Rule would be going to the Wood. Then I read that he might be going to the LA Derby. That's when my head started to spin a little bit.

I'm not a huge fan of the Florida Derby, even though both Barbaro and Big Brown won the race before their wins in the KY Derby. Gulfstream is a speed favoring track which is to Rule's advantage, but there are concerns with distance limitations (he seems to get tired towards the end of his past 2 races, the Delta Jackpot and the Sam F. Davis, both of which he won). His dam Rockcide's side I don't see him having too much problem. Even though she never broke her maiden, Rockcide is the half sister to two winners Coincide (who now is standing somewhere in South America, I think Venuzuela), and of course Funny Cide. Her sire, Personal Flag won at a mile and quarter and is a full brother to great Personal Ensign. Roman Ruler's best races where at a mile and eighth or less, although he did finish third in the Travers.

That being said, Rule has already gone a mile and sixteenth, so a mile and a eighth shouldn't be a problem. And hopefully a mile and a quarter either, but only time will tell. Other horses heading to the FL Derby include: Ice Box, Soaring Empire, Radiohead, and Lententor. Yes THAT Lententor the full brother to Barbaro. This is the big race that I will be previewing on Friday.

In a few weeks, there will be a post on one of these three fillies. A few days before I post the post, I will announce who the filly who is going to be profiled, and the winner will have bragging rights.

Here are your three choices:







So it's either Megahertz, Riskaverse or My Typhoon who I'm profiling. Leave a comment on this post (please allow time for me to approve the post), and the one(s) who guess right will then be put into a drawing and the winner will be able to write a post about their favorite horse. Stay tuned for more details on this soon