One of the more interesting barometer horses in regard to this weekends big races

[Calzone Lord]

Authenticity runs today in the La Troienne.

I have her down as one of my barometer horses for Orb and one of my barometer horses for how the Pletcher's at Gulfstream perform at Churchill.

In her most recent start, Authenticity was a distant second to Ciao Bella, but it was the same day and distance as the Florida Derby ... and Authenticity ran a carbon copy of Orb's Florida Derby splits all the way around the track.

Authenticity's individual fractions and final time on Fla Derby day:



Orb's individual fractions and final time on Fla Derby day:




They basically ran the same fractions the entire way around the track.


More interestingly, Pletcher has paired up Authenticity to be the workmate for Verrazano in each of his final two Kentucky Derby workouts.

How Verrazano's workmate Authenticity performs today is something I deem worthy of note. She's one of my barometers both for how Pletchers perform this year going GP to CD and she's obviously a horse who ran a veritable carbon copy of Orb's race on what was unquestionably Orb's finest day.