Curlin 7/5 fav
 

in the arkansas derby. deadly dealer is 4-1.:(

4/14 -- ARKANSAS DERBY:

1 Delightful Kiss Baze R A
2 Curlin Albarado R J
3 Officer Rocket (GB) Quinonez L S
4 Going Ballistic Berry M C
5 Flying First Class Thompson T J
6 Storm in May Leyva J C
7 Olympic Chief Kato G
8 Slew by Slew Pettinger D R
9 For You Reppo SCRATCHED
10 Deadly Dealer Velazquez J R

There's actually a 1st-time starter in there. Amazing how dumb some people are.

What?!

Yes it is true. The colt is named Olympic Chief and is trained by Janet Davidson. He is by Chief Seattle and out of a Meadowlake mare.
As for running him in the Arkansas Derby in his debut.......well, insanity is what it is.

Beyer disciples must be pulling their hair out...

I don't follow.

Well if there's one trainer who knows how to point her horses to big races and have them ready to fire their best, it's Janet Davidson. I'd put her right up there with Drysdale and Frankel in this area.

and running a maiden in key Derby prep is something both Drysdale and Frankel do with regularity right..

Arkansas Derby Field
 

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000

Post
1 Delightful Kiss Baze R A
2 Curlin Albarado R J
3 Officer Rocket (GB) Quinonez L S
4 Going Ballistic Berry M C
5 Flying First Class Thompson T J
6 Storm in May Leyva J C
7 Olympic Chief Kato G
8 Slew by Slew Pettinger D R
9 For You Reppo Desormeaux K J
10 Deadly Dealer Velazquez J R

is Olympic Chief a first time starter? wtf


Deadly Dealer's race on paper looks as freaky as in person 22.1 / 44.1 / 108.1 / 127.4

It's interesting to see Delightful Kiss here...

Thoughts on this guy, everyone?

Well if Tiago can break his maiden in a grade 1, Then anything is possible

Didn't he actually break his maiden via DQ in a 50k MSW in January?
That horse already had 3 races under his belt before he ran in the S.A. Derby. That is a lot different than making your debut in a race like that.

a maiden in the Arkansas Derby? is Billy Patin up?

Buzz

If the hoss actually wins, could it possibly qualify for the Kentucky Derby ?

If he finishes 2nd or better, he will definitely have the earnings.
3rd would be close, depending on defections.

That is beautiful

What's the purse distribution for the Ark Derby? What's the 3rd place horse get? I'm wondering if that will be enough to get into the Derby.

If it's $100K, they should have made it $101K--enough to break the deadlock with the 2 horses at $100K on the earnings list.

--Dunbar

looked Valhol up and they don't mention his win in the Arkansas Derby on the Dallas Keen website.