Spiral from ‏@DRFMcGee:

Tamarando the 3-1 M/L fave, then We Miss Artie (4-1), Poker Player (5-1), Solitary Ranger (6-1), Almost Famous (6-1)...

1-Big Bazinga
2-Asserting Bear
3-Poker Player
4-Tamarando
5-Coastline
6-Smart Cover
7-All Tied Up
8-Solitary Ranger
9-Almost Famous
10-Harry’s Holiday
11-We Miss Artie
12-Arctic Slope

Sherman tells Steve Anderson that Cal Chrome a go for SA Derby..

Meanwhile, poor Bond Holder now in a FL clinic with laminitis...

Good news!!

jeez give this horse a break...its been one thing after another for this poor guy...

HORRIBLE just HORRIBLE

Mexicoma off trail pointing to the Peter pan followed by Belmont stakes

So, Mexicoma won't be ready for the Derby in 6 weeks but will be ready for the Peter Pan in 7?

Mexikoma had no qualifying points for the Derby, so he'd need to be ready for a prep and obviously will not.

Thanks. I thought he had points but I was mistaken.

i think he could be a contender in the belmont

So after his win in the Spiral, Wee Miss Artie will head into the Ky Derby with a stellar record of 0-3 on dirt with 14k earnings..

We Miss Artie has zero chance in the Kentucky Derby.

That's bold of you.

3/29/14 Florida Derby 1 1/8M - GP:

Cairo Prince (McLaughlin)
Wildcat Red (Garoffalo)
General a Rod (Maker)
Constitution (Pletcher)
Matador (Casse)
Spot (Zito)


3/29/14 Louisiana Derby 1 1/8M - FG:

Intense Holiday (Pletcher)
Albano (L. Jones)
Vicar's in Trouble (Maker)
Gold Hawk (Asmussen)
Quick Indian (M. Scherer)
Commanding Curve (Stewart)
Louies Flower (Calhoun)
In Trouble (Dutrow)


3/29/14 UAE Derby 1 3/16M (S) - MEY:

Asmar (Nass)
Cooptado (Watson)
Emirates Flyer (bin Suroor)
Paximadia (bin Suroor)
Figure of Speech (Appleby)
Long John (Appleby)
Safety Check (Appleby)
Giovanni Boldini (O’Brien)
Sir John Hawkins (O’Brien)
Jallota (de Kock)
King Rubi (Palussiere)
Sir Jack Layden (Brown)
Toast of New York (Osborne)

Heard yesterday that the connections of Harry's Holiday were going to pony up the $6k late nomination fee to get him into the Derby. Did they make the deadline?

Undoubtedly.. Time stands still when it comes to those late noms. :D

question-
I was at work, so didn't watch any race on the card except for the replay of the Spiral. Was the track speed-favoring yesterday?

Nobody closed in the Spiral. I mean Artie and Asserting Bear kinda did, but they were close-up... Just wondering if the kickback ate up the closers or? I get as far as horse's potential on dirt there wasn't much in this field, but so many in here were eligible to move up on synth and it just seemed like "first to the front, wins" (Solitary Ranger the exception).

Just wondering if the connections of a lot of these may draw a line through the race and try again in 3 weeks either in the Bluegrass? Poker Player was originally pointed there anyway?

I thought the Coolmores (Aiden O'Brien) were sending over Michaelmas too?

Honor Code now off the Derby Trail with slight tear in upper hind suspensory per Mike Welsch