7/18 (CNL): Virginia Derby (G2); Virginia Oaks (G3)
 

10TH (5:14) Virginia Oaks (G3)

1 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Five Diamonds Joyce J 116 Blk-On L
2 Super Poni Homeister R B Jr 116 L
3 Oh So Nice Leparoux J R 116 L
4 Excelente (IRE) Velasquez C 116 L
5 Glorious Deal Garcia Alan 116 L
6 Spanish Wedding Vail J S 116 L
7 Katara Lezcano J 116 L
8 Combinate Camacho E 116 L
9 Fast Tigress Baze T C 116 L
10 Blind Date Desormeaux K J 120 L
11 Shared Account Prado E S 116 L



[COLOR="rgb(72, 61, 139)"]11TH (5:59) Virginia Derby (G2)[/color]

1 1/4 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $750,000

1 Affirmatif Decarlo C P 117 L
2 Florentino (JPN) Garcia Alan 121 L
3 Take the Points Prado E S 117 Blk-On L
4 Nicanor Lezcano J 117 L
5 Safety Valve Camacho E 117 L
6 Straight Story Lopez C C 117 L
7 Hold Me Back Desormeaux K J 117 L
8 El Crespo Leparoux J R 121 L
9 Battle of Hastings (GB) Baze T C 121 L
10 Lime Rickey Velasquez C 117 L

Nice line-up and should have a strong pace with Florentino & Nicanor in.

Stupid question...but you going?

Like, duh. :p

:rolleyes:
:tro:

You going? I'll print my Eng Chan photos for you! :)

:tro: :tro:

Nah...no road trip for me

:(

bush league!!!!

i'm gonna be partying on "the hill"


-bt-

PPs are here...

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/brisw...re_summary.htm

Not seeing anyone beat Battle of Hastings.

Have fun, Sightseek!

Yeah, maybe Kent Desormeaux can go 8 wide on Hold Me Back this time and give Battle of Hastings a ridiculously perfect trip.

I have merely glanced at the PPs but I can tell you one thing- Battle of Hastings will not win again.

NT

Battle of Hastings isn't much and begs to bet against here off that perfect trip...if Nicanor can do a bit of rating, he's definately good enough to win this race. Question is, whether he gets hammered at the windows like usual.

I think Nicanor will be bet hard.

yes OVERbet and a bet against taking a steep step up in company. I think there may be value in Hold Me Back.

All systems go right now. See ya Saturday.

Nicanor is laughable too!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laughable in respect to how overbet he was on the dirt or laughable in respect to the fact that some people can't look past his pedigree and see that he's a pretty good turf horse?

he's gonna be 2nd choice in a G1 (IMO) and thats laughable as to how NOT loaded this field is, and how his pedigree will still get him overbet

-bt-

Granted this isn't exactly Artie Schiller vs. Kitten's Joy but this is a pretty good field from the standpoint of accomplishments and potential.

I think there's an excellent chance that races like the Secretariat, Jamaica and Hollywood Derby (G1 for 3YO on turf) will be won by horses in this field.

NT

You lost me here. Are you talking about the Secretariat?

no, but when you're a race track and you prop your biggest race up with headlines like this:

Nicanor, A Full Brother to Barbaro, Headlines $750,000 Virginia Derby FieldShare
Today at 7:38am
A field of ten three year old horses entered Monday afternoon’s post position draw for the 12th running of the $750,000 Virginia Derby (Gr. II) at Colonial Downs. The Derby...

it kinda gets annoying, but hey thats just me

-bt-