3/8 (FG): LA Derby Day (6 Stakes)
 

pyro should get a pretty good test here ..

yankee bravo.and others .we will see if his last was not quite as good as some thought.......

5th (2:34) Duncan F. Kenner S.

6 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 King of the Roxy Gomez G K 117 L
2 Noonmark Bridgmohan S X 121 L
3 Euroears Zimmerman R 121 L
4 Les Grands Trois Leparoux J R 117 L
5 Truelyonbroadway Graham J 117 L
6 Semaphore Man Doocy T T 117 L
7 Roi Maudit Desormeaux K J 119 L



6th (3:06) New Orleans H. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $500,000

1 Encaustic Leparoux J R 112 L
2 Silver Lord Lanerie C J 115 L
3 Grasshopper Albarado R J 119 L
4 Circular Quay Gomez G K 116 Blk-On L
5 Brass Hat Martinez W 117 L
6 Reporting for Duty Bridgmohan S X 115 L
7 Magna Graduate Prado E S 117 Blk-On L



7th (3:36) Mervyn Muniz Jr. Memorial H. (G2)

About 1 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $500,000

1 Buffalo Man Prado E S 117 L
2 Yate's Black Cat Desormeaux K J 115 L
3 Brilliant Albarado R J 116 L
4 Jazz Quest Husbands P 115 L
5 Elusive Fort (SAF) Castro E 116 L
6 French Beret Graham J 115 L
7 Fracas (IRE) Bridgmohan S X 117 FTL
8 Proudinsky (GER) Gomez G K 118 L
9 Twilight Meteor Leparoux J R 116 L
10 Daytona (IRE) Solis A 121 L



8th (4:08) Fair Grounds Oaks (G2)

1 1/16 Miles | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $400,000

1 Indian Blessing Gomez G K 121 L
2 Proud Spell Saez G 121 L
3 Acacia Bridgmohan S X 121 L
4 Wisconsin Lady Albarado R J 121 L



9th (4:48) Louisiana Derby (G2)

1 1/16 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $600,000

1 Stevil Borel C H 122 Blk-On L
2 My Pal Charlie Leparoux J R 122 L
3 Pyro Bridgmohan S X 122 L
4 J Be K Desormeaux K J 122 L
5 Unbridled Vicar Lanerie C J 122 L
6 Tale of Ekati Prado E S 122 L
7 Blackberry Road Albarado R J 122 L
8 Yankee Bravo Solis A 122 L
9 Majestic Warrior Gomez G K 122 L



10th (5:18) Bienville S.

About 5 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) | Fillies and Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Taletobetold Leparoux J R 116 L
2 Princess Janie Castro E 116 L
3 Bewitching Miss Graham J 116 L
4 Stylish Wildcat Husbands P 120 L
5 Chagall Prado E S 116 L
6 Smitty's Sunshine Albarado R J 116 L
7 Jazzy (ARG) Gomez G K 116 L
8 Spanish Ghost Zimmerman R 116 L
9 Kindling Solis A 116 L
10 Iron Lips (GB) Desormeaux K J 116 FTL
11 Tres Dream Bridgmohan S X 116 L
12 Danceroftherealm (GB) Mena M 122 L

just did steve

Cool!

Louisiana Derby Day
$100,000 guar. Bienville Stakes 22nd 4YO/up F&M 5 1/2 furlongs* (T)
$200,000 guar.# Duncan F. Kenner Stakes 57th 3YO/up 6 furlongs
$500,000 guar. Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap 16th GII 4YO/up 1 1/8 miles* (T)
$500,000 guar. New Orleans Handicap 83rd GII 4YO/up 1 1/8 miles
$400,000 guar. Fair Grounds Oaks 42nd GII 3YO fillies 1 1/16 miles
$600,000 guar. Louisiana Derby 95th GII 3YO 1 1/16 miles

1-Stevil
2-My Pal Charlie
3-Pyro
4-J Be K
5-Unbridled Vicar
6-Tale Of Ekati
7-Blackberry Road
8-Yankee Bravo
9-Majestic Warrior

Is Kodiak Cowboy running in the Kenner Stakes on the undercard? He should be eating up checks in races like those. I just hope they don't bother routing him again, unless you count the Derby Trial as a route. He could be a nice sprinter.

Oops, nevermind, I thought the kenner was restriced to 3 year olds. That's a nice field.

Always good for an exotics filler. The guy just keeps running into one horse that's too good every time he goes.

And in this case, more like four or five, but he should be a fat price on the board again and nobody can deny that he shows up with his race every time they take him over.

this looks like a nice card that I can't wait to play. I hope its fast and firm.

That's what she said!! :eek:

With the exception of the Oaks, it's a brilliant card of stakes. I think the Kenner is going to be an explosive race.

LA Derby looks very good. FG Oaks.. :rolleyes:

Yup very disappointing, not like there aren't a whole bunch of 3 yr. old fillies already here.
Rest of the card is just wonderful though. Going to be a really fun day.

Here's the forecast.....

without the PPs.. I would guess Majestic Warrior. Just guessing

What the hell is Pletcher doing with A. P. Arrow?

He would have been 1/5 in that lousy Grade 2 350K field at GP last week .. he entered Fairbanks instead!

Now, A. P. Arrow has two nice works into him since his close 2nd to Spring At Last in the Donn Handicap - instead of entering him in this weeks Gr 2 $500K dirt race at nine furlongs - he decides to enter the lousy tag team of Circular Quay and Magna Graduate.

Keep in mind, Magna Graduate was nominated to the Gr 3 Razorback at Oaklawn Park - a prep for the Oaklawn Park Handicap...which seemed like a highly logical route for MG to take.

A. P. Arrow not entering very logical spots two weeks in a row seems like a pretty big tipoff that Pletcher intends to run him in the Dubai World Cup.

When you only have one halfway decent older male dirt router - and no 3yo to take his place - why take him half way around the world to a race he has no shot in hell of winning?

I realize 2nd place in the World Cup pays $1.2 million and A. P. Arrow isn't a synthetic horse so his BC Classic hopes are nill - but, he's also FAR from a sure thing to run 2nd in Dubai ... and Pletcher is really going to miss him in these yearlong dirt routes in his empty division.

With the picture as it stands now, to me, running A. P. Arrow in Dubai looks almost as silly as not running Rags To Riches in the Belmont looked leading up to that race. If you remember, it had to take a Street Sense defection for him to run her!

He's sure as hell no less of likely to run 2nd or 3rd in Dubai as is would have been to win the GP Hcp or would be to win the FG race.

Besides Spring at Last and Daaher, AP Arrow is the only horse in that race that got the trip he wanted. And that was the way the race figured. He was no sure thing to beat Fairbainks on Saturday, much less the winner.

A.P. Arrow would have been 2/5 last Saturday - he's very soundly beaten Fairbanks in his last two races...and Sir Whimsey just isn't much.

Curlin will make a pure mockery of him in Dubai.

It's hard to imagine not wanting to dance all the dances in such a weak yet lucrative division - by leaving the door wide open for a Dubai trip as Pletcher is doing ... he's considering leaving all these easy pickings go ... just for a shot to make $1.2 million for running 2nd beaten a city block to Curlin.