Kentucky Derby pace will be very fast

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

Connemara has done nothing wrong but before I would get too excited about him I'd like to see how he runs against a field of horses that aren't comprised mostly of former claimers.

Not to mention he hasn't raced over a conventional dirt surface.

I'm not sure why the initial poster pigeon-holes Eskendereya as some sort of frontrunner. He absolutely crushed the FOY and was merely toying with an all-out Jackson Bend with over a quarter of a mile left to run.