Derby Trail Intended Fields
 

[ * ] = possible or uncertain


LEXINGTON

Big Glen
Tomcito
Salute the Sarge
Racecar Rhapsody
Samba Rooster
Atoned
Behindatthebar *



WITHERS

Majestic Warrior (Preakness targeted)




KENTUCKY DERBY

1 War Pass Nick Zito $1,470,000
2 Pyro Steve Asmussen $1,020,000
X Proud Spell Larry Jones $880,000
3 Tale of Ekati Barclay Tagg $738,000
4 Colonel John Eoin Harty $720,000
5 Gayego Paulo Lobo $640,000

6 Big Brown Richard Dutrow $600,000
7 Z Humor Bill Mott $579,000
8 Monba Todd Pletcher $500,000
9 Court Vision Bill Mott $331,872
10 Z Fortune Steve Asmussen $329,000

11 Adriano Graham Motion $310,000
12 Recapturetheglory $300,000
13 Smooth Air Benny Stutts $290,000
14 Cool Coal Man Nick Zito $212,767
X Anak Nakal Nick Zito $212,216
15 Eight Belles Larry Jones $210,000

16 Cowboy Cal Todd Pletcher $207,660
17 Big Truck Barclay Tagg $194,500
18 Bob Black Jack James Kasparoff $180,000
19 Visionaire Michael Matz $180,000
20 Denis of Cork David Carroll $165,000

Steve,

Any mention of Tagg bringing Big Truck back to Tampa?

Rumblings to that effect but nothing definitive..

Big Truck.... Rumblings....

Nice.

Note Rick Hammerle giving out Selkirk, Signature Move and On the Virg as additions to the San Felipe lineup next week!

Steve Add Turf War to the Lanes End.

Where do they plan on sending Court Vision next? Florida Derby?

Steve (or anyone else),
Where will Miner's claim end up?
He was set to run in the Batagglia before getting a temperature and is still training in Florida at Ocala. Not sure if they'll keep him on synthetic and run in the Lane's End (Casse also has Turf War pointed to that one) or try one of the preps in Florida (Tampa Bay Derby would make sense with the limited number of contenders).

Possible.. But Mott has talked 3 different options. I don't think he has a set plan... and I believe that to be a negative.

Miner's Claim is going to run in the Rushaway on the undercard of the Lanes End at Turfway and if he runs as expected the Blue grass could be his next stop
It is ashame MC got sick and is getting a late start because he is seriously talented.

Barrier Reef now appears to be intended for the TB Derby after all..

Interesting Denis of Cork is going to choose to go heads up with War Pass in the Wood.

Nice..thanks for the info. Caught his Allowance win last fall at Woodbine and have been waiting for him to resurface. Interesting that they want to keep him on polytrack. Being by Mineshaft out of a Pleasant Tap mare, I assume he would be more than capable of running on dirt.

And optimally as a 5 year old... :D

Derby Choices: Atoned (IL), Blkbry Rd (Ark)
 

Dogwood runners:

Atoned => Illinois Derby
Blackberry Road => Arkansas Derby

Atoned and Blackberry Road
 

Atoned headed to Illinois Derby, Blackberry Road to Arkansas

by Jeff Lowe

Dogwood Stable has settled on race plans for Atoned and Blackberry Road leading up to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1).

Atoned, runner-up in the Remsen Stakes (G2) and Tampa Bay Derby (G3) in his previous two starts, will be pointed to the Illinois Derby (G2) on April 5 at Hawthorne Race Course. Joe Bravo will ride the Repent colt for trainer Todd Pletcher.

Blackberry Road, the fourth-place finisher in the Louisiana Derby (G2), will head to Oaklawn Park for the Arkansas Derby (G2) on April 12. Calvin Borel has the mount for trainer David Carroll.

“We’re anxious to get to the Kentucky Derby with both horses because we think they will improve with the added distance,” Dogwood President Cot Campbell said on Tuesday.

Atoned finished second by a neck to Big Truck at Tampa in his first start in nearly four months since the Remsen. He has earned $100,000 in graded stakes earnings, which puts him 24th on the list of Derby contenders compiled by Churchill Downs Racing Secretary Ben Huffman.

Blackberry Road, the runner-up in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) last November, is 21st on the list with $123,417 in graded stakes earnings.

-Sparky

I must say, while I am not feeling the Smooth Air love around here as far as his chances, I absolutely love your idea to start this thread, been checking it all the time for both the Road to the Roses and just keeping a finger on what is going on...Good idea.....

Shaping up to be a very interesting weekend.

I haven't fallen in love with any in these crop yet, but am interested in seeing how Attoned responds for Pletcher after a much-needed start in the TB Derby.

ESPN saying Anak Nakal and Inner Light make the Wood a field of nine.

LEXINGTON

Adriano *
Tomcito
Elysium Fields *
Salute the Sarge
Racecar Rhapsody
Samba Rooster