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Old 04-17-2007, 04:54 AM
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Default Who will show drastic improvement in the Derby?
About 6:30 pm after the Derby is over we'll comment that the winner's improvement was the difference in the race and we should have seen it coming. I think this is more important this year where we have such a mixed bag with no real stand out that you can check off as doing everything right.

So, who do you think is poised for showing great improvement off their last race and why? The answer to the Derby jusy may be here.

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The answer is the even running plodder who can't win at 8-9f but can run his same slow speed all day. Find that horse and you'll have the longshot who makes the trifecta. As for winning, it'll be one of the seven or so that have been highly regarded on the trail up to the race.
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T-bred fan....
Based on what you just said- Zanjero?
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I think that is possible. Zanjero has been a horse people have wanted to bet based on price and improvement angle. He does look like he can run all day. So, yeah he might be the one.
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If you need "drastic improvement" going into the Derby, you shouldnt be running in it.
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Default Zanjero
Who rides Zanjero now?
Now since Gomez jumps to a Pletcher horse, Any Given Saturday.
Who is Asmussen go to guy?
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If you need "drastic improvement" going into the Derby, you shouldnt be running in it.
If that was the case. from a speed figure standpoint anyway, there would be not a single horse running in the race.

As par for the race is 110 on the Beyer Scale, and Curlin's top figure of 103 puts him 4 1/4 lengths shy of par.
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