Risen Star
 

WOW! What a line-up. This race should separate several of the contenders from the pretenders. Should be the best race of the year so far.:D

Spanky in a 14 horse field of stake horses is just a bit scary.

Should be fun! I added morning line odds per bloodhorse.com :



Fair Grounds - February 10th, 2007 - Race 9
Risen Star S. - Grade: 3
Estimated Local Post Time: 4:28 PM
Race Type: Stakes
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Purse: $300,000
Distance:One And One Sixteenth Miles
Surface: Dirt
Post Horse Name Age Sex Weight Jockey Name
1 Slew's Tizzy (KY) 3 Colt 116 James Graham 30-1
2 Makeithapencaptain (FL) 3 Colt 116 Ramsey Zimmerman 30-1
3 Beta Capo (KY) 3 Colt 120 Donnie J. Meche 30-1
4 Izzie's Halo (FL) 3 Colt 116 Jesse M. Campbell 8-1
5 Circular Quay (KY) 3 Colt 122 John R. Velazquez 9/5
6 Westwon (KY) 3 Colt 116 Corey J. Lanerie 15-1
7 Scat Thief (KY) 3 Colt 116 Joseph Talamo 30-1
8 Imawildandcrazyguy (FL) 3 Gelding 116 Fernando Jara 15-1
9 Spankey Come Home (KY) 3 Colt 116 Gerry Olguin 30-1
10 Zanjero (KY) 3 Colt 120 Jesus Lopez Castanon 5-1
11 Weather Warning (KY) 3 Colt 120 Lonnie Meche 10-1
12 Notional (CA) 3 Colt 122 Robby Albarado 9/2
13 Teuflesberg (KY) 3 Colt 122 Emma-Jayne Wilson 15-1
14 Buffalo Man (ON) 3 Colt 122 Jose Lezcano 10-1

i dont see 1 serious derby horse in this race...
and i took a good look, im not just making a post up, but i feel that there is not a serious derby contender, even with a big performance in this spot i still dont think anyone can come out of this race and have much of a impact.

Who the heck cares about the Derby right now, the important thing is finding the winner of this race at a nice price. Somebody has to win this. Wont pay anymore if he is a Derby contender or not.

It will in the Derby Trail contest.

whatever you say gander... that was just my opinion from looking at the race

I'd still consider Circular Quay a derby contender.

I apologize, didnt mean to insult anybody's way of thinking. Good luck in any and all Derby contests.

As for this race, what a betting event this should be.

Too bad I am awful when it comes to Derby prep races.

With the $300,000 purse the winner will be 2/3rds of the way in earnings toward making the Derby. Plus Circular Quay already has enough. I bet at least two to three from this field wind up in the Derby starting gate. Zanjero is the one I'm interested in.

I love Teuflesberg, but don't see a likely win from him here.

Yaaa

Buffalo Man is running, didn't run last weekend, wonder why?

A cough:

http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do...6&subs=0&arc=1

Same here Sniper, was really surprised that the entries with post positions
were already up for Saturday. Looking like the first good betting opportunity of the triple crown preps.

The connections of Teuflesburg are ridiculous for even running that poor horse in this spot.

Hes in BTW. 2 races behind, but hes in. I look for a middle pack finish, some education, and hopefully foundation.

Yeah, I saw. It's probably a decent race to take a shot and see where you stand. Like you said, he probably isn't good enough to be a serious factor but you gotta start somewhere.

Makes a lot more sense than running Teuflesburg.

zanjero..looks good at least in this race.......

the same could be said about almost all of the spots they ran him in last year...why should this year be any different?

Agreed.