Fla Derby recap - Updated Derby Chances

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I think the chances of him running 1-2 in the SA Derby are very good. I'm not interested in what the connections are saying right now.

The horse has no trouble staying 8.5f on synthetic - he won a Grade 1 on Cushion track - which is as close to dirt of any synthetic - and he almost beat Jaycito at that distance on dirt despite having every reason in the world to be beaten 20+ lengths.

I've always thought of him as being pretty conservative, but, ok. I guess 1.5% isn't much anyways.