4/5 (HAW): Illinois Derby (Gr. II)

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Is it me or did the first 5 finishers stay in the exact same spots all the way around?

Yeah...exactly what I noted...It looked like Atoned was going to close like a bastard...but made up zero ground.

[Travis Stone]

I find it hilarious how people come on here and make statements about a race, observations, thoughts - what have you - and then after the race are quoted and ridiculed. I don't get the negativity.

Anyway, Denis of Cork was absolutely pace compromised today. I though Golden Spikes was applying enough pressure down the backstretch to wilt the pacemaker, but it didn't matter, they just continued in the carousel-like ways.

Unfortunately, Denis of Cork will unlikely have enough earnings to get in the Derby, depending on how the final handful of preps shake-out. While he's dependent on speed up-top, the whole crop is poor, so any horse who has at least won a race should be in the Derby.

[hockey2315]

It looks to me like DofC should make it in off earnings unless something drastic happens next weekend.

[Mag]

I'm happy for E.T. Baird, love watching him on a front runner, has the same gift his old man did. Hope he keeps the mount for Ky.