Had a feeling Lukas would wheel Ethereal Road back in the Lexington. Too much nostalgic publicity with Secret Oath and this colt's Rebel performance.

Plus, Lukas has had good success in the Lexington, especially doubling up in the classics (Charismatic, Proud Citizen).

Take GRANTHAM off Derby possible list..

SLOW DOWN ANDY a fever getting stablemate HAPPY JACK in, at least ahead of Lexington..

CLASSIC CAUSEWAY gets Leparoux; Franco picks up mount on ZOZOS..

5/7: Kentucky Derby - Churchill (10f)

1. Epicenter (Not This Time) 164 (Asmussen/Rosario)
2. Zandon (Upstart) 114 (C. Brown/Prat)
3. White Abarrio (Race Day) 112 (Joseph/Gallalione)
4. Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo) 112 (Pletcher/I. Ortiz)
5. Tiz the Bomb (Hit It a Bomb) 110 (McPeek/B. Hernandez)
6. Cyberknife (Gun Runner) 100 (Cox/Geroux)
7. Crown Pride-JPN (Reach the Crown) 100 (Shintani/Lemaire)
8. Taiba (Gun Runner) 100 (Yakteen/Smith)
9. Simplification (Not This Time) 74 (Sano/J. Ortiz)
10. Smile Happy (Runhappy) 70 (McPeek/Lanerie)
11. Classic Causeway (Giant's Causeway) 66 (Lynch/Leparoux)
12. Tawny Port (Pioneerof The Nile) 60 (Cox/Santana)
13. Barber Road (Race Day) 58 (J. Ortiz/R. Gutierrez)
14. Messier (Empire Maker) 40 (Yakteen/J. Velazquez)
15. Zozos (Munnings) 40 (Cox/M. Franco)
16. Summer Is Tomorrow (Summer Front) 40 (Seemar/Barzalona)
17. Charge It (Tapit) 40 (Pletcher/Saez)
18. Happy Jack (Oxbow) 30 (O'Neill/Bejarano)
19. Pioneer of Medina 25 (Pletcher/Bravo)
20. Ethereal Road 21 (Lukas/Contreras)
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AE/21. Rich Strike 21 (Reed/Leon)
AE/22. Rattle N Roll 20 (McPeek/Graham)

Where is the post position draw being televised or streamed?

Thanks, Steve.

148th Kentucky Derby

1. Mo Donegal (Pletcher/I. Ortiz) 10-1
2. Happy Jack (O'Neill/Bejarano) 30-1
3. Epicenter (Asmussen/Rosario) 7-2
4. Summer Is Tomorrow (Seemar/Barzalona) 30-1
5. Smile Happy (McPeek/Lanerie) 20-1
6. Messier (Yakteen/J. Velazquez) 8-1
7. Crown Pride-JPN (Shintani/Lemaire) 20-1
8. Charge It (Pletcher/Saez) 20-1
9. Tiz the Bomb (McPeek/B. Hernandez) 30-1
10. Zandon (C. Brown/Prat) 3-1**
11. Pioneer of Medina (Pletcher/Bravo) 30-1
12. Taiba (Yakteen/Smith) 12-1
13. Simplification (Sano/J. Ortiz) 20-1
14. Barber Road (J. Ortiz/R. Gutierrez) 30-1
15. White Abarrio (Joseph/Gallalione) 10-1
16. Cyberknife (Cox/Geroux) 20-1
17. Classic Causeway (Lynch/Leparoux) 30-1
18. Tawny Port (Cox/Santana) 30-1
19. Zozos (Cox/M. Franco) 20-1
20. Ethereal Road (Lukas/Contreras) 30-1
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AE/21. Rich Strike (Reed/Leon) 30-1
AE/22. Rattle N Roll (McPeek/Graham) 30-1

148th Kentucky Oaks

1. Secret Oath (Saez/Lukas) 6-1
2. Nostalgic (J. Ortiz/Mott) 15-1
3. Hidden Connection (Gutierrez/Calhoun) 20-1
4. Nest (I. Ortiz/Pletcher) 5-2**
5. Goddess of Fire (Velazquez/Pletcher) 15-1
6. Yuugiri (Geroux/Brisset) 30-1
7. Echo Zulu (Rosario/Asmussen) 4-1
8. Venti Valentine (Gaffalione/Abreu) 20-1
9. Desert Dawn (Rispoli/D’Amato) 20-1
10. Kathleen O. (Castellano/McGaughey) 7-2
11. Cocktail Moments (Lanerie/McPeek) 30-1
12. Candy Raid (Bejarano/Desormeaux) 30-1
13. Shahama (Prat/Pletcher) 15-1
14. Turnerloose (Franco/Cox) 20-1
AE-15. Beguine (Pietz/Santana) 30-1

I hope we get at least two of those unbolded horses to commit.

Epicenter a Preakness go; Secret Oath probable.. PIM oddsmaker Keith Feustel eyes Rich Strike as 4th choice behind Early Voting..

See above.. :D

5/21: Preakness - Pimlico (9.5f)

Epicenter (Asmussen)
Secret Oath (Lukas)
Simplification (Sano)
Early Voting (C. Brown)
Creative Minister (McPeek)
Rattle N Roll (McPeek)
Skippylongstocking (Joseph)
Un Ojo (Courville)
Happy Jack (O'Neill)

Shake Em Loose (Sanchez-Salomon)
Smile Happy (McPeek)

:tro:

Although now I see Rich Strike is skipping the Preakness.

Just saw that.

I hope I’m wrong but I don’t buy the reason given at all.

Going back to their original plan, 5 weeks rest then Belmont.

You get into the game dreaming of winning a race like the Derby or even better the triple crown.

You shock the world doing the first thing and pass up on a chance at immortality to “stick to the plan.”

Something is up.