Normandy Invasion's dam

[Calzone Lord]

I'm starting to look a lot closer at the pedigrees of Kentucky Derby prospects.

As usual, I find a bunch of leading prospects whose mothers couldn't outrun a goat.

Normandy Invasion's dam Boston Lady was one of those. She had a brutal five race career for excellent trainer Charlie LoPresti.

Start #1: MSW race at Keeneland: 12th beaten 38 lengths

Start #2: MSW race at Churchill Downs: 9th beaten 36 and 1/4 lengths

Start #3: MSW race at River Downs: 7th beaten 18 and 1/2 lengths.

Start #4: MSW race at Ellis Park: 9th beaten 22 and 1/4 lengths.

Start #5: MSW race at Turfway Park: 11th beaten 26 lengths.

In her five race career, she competed at five different tracks, all for an excellent trainer. Her most competitive showing was an 18+ length defeat at River Downs in her third race.

There are some bad ones this year ... but she was probably the worst of the worst.

The Dam of Orb was a pretty decent race horse ... in her final defeat before breaking her maiden, she was 2nd to the Cannon Shell trained and Jerry Bailey ridden Annual Dues going long at Saratoga.

[SniperSB23]

You can make a pretty good argument that Normandy Invasion hasn't outrun much more than a goat as well. In his maiden score the horses he beat are 1 for 32 with the lone win on the turf three weeks ago. And not a single horse from the Remsen has won a race since with most failing pretty miserably.

[Calzone Lord]

Even though the breakaway top 3 from the Remsen all performed lousy first off of the layoff, I have no doubts that it was a good race.

Normandy Invasion might not have beat much, but he's a good horse and he's got a shot in the Wood. I think he's the kind of horse, along with Orb and Revolutionary who are the prototype of horses who finish 3rd, 4th, and 5th in a lot of Derby's.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

You can make a pretty good argument that Normandy Invasion hasn't outrun much more than a goat as well. In his maiden score the horses he beat are 1 for 32 with the lone win on the turf three weeks ago. And not a single horse from the Remsen has won a race since with most failing pretty miserably.

Wow.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Wow.

Very rusty off of the long layoff.

[Danzig]

rose to gold's dam was given away because 'her produce record was spotty'. wonder if they're trying to get her back?