Derby angles

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

Well Street Sense took down 3 of the angles, an achievement almost on par with winning the derby itself.

Yeah...frankly the million in earnings and BCJ angles were two I largely ignore, glad to see that jinx broken. Two preps will probably go away with different training philosophy. My top two picks (which I posted Thursday) were Nobiz and Street Sense...clearly SS was the best horse. Good horses overcome angles...Barbaro last year and now SS. #4, 5, 8, & 12 are probably the best of the angles.

[Danzig]

i'm glad to see the 'jinx' broken as well. thought it was b.s. anyway. to single out one race to say it hasn't produced a derby winner....well, glad that's over with!

just hate to see the lightly raced trend continue.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm glad to see the 'jinx' broken as well. thought it was b.s. anyway. to single out one race to say it hasn't produced a derby winner....well, glad that's over with!

just hate to see the lightly raced trend continue.

The BCJ was always connected to the three race angle...winner of the BCJ was always hard-pressed to get three preps in as the connections usually needed to give the BCJ winner some time off. Then also, a lot of precocious types won the BCJ for awhile...that has changed recently so I suspect we'll see more BCJ winners win the Derby. Should point out that it wasn't just the BCJ however, the last 2yo champ to win the Derby had been The Bid prior to today!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

The BCJ was always connected to the three race angle...winner of the BCJ was always hard-pressed to get three preps in as the connections usually needed to give the BCJ winner some time off. Then also, a lot of precocious types won the BCJ for awhile...that has changed recently so I suspect we'll see more BCJ winners win the Derby. Should point out that it wasn't just the BCJ however, the last 2yo champ to win the Derby had been The Bid prior to today!

yeah, i heard that and realized it had been that long since the top 2 yo took the derby. that's a looong time to wait.

so i hope that those who are already screaming triple crown keep that in mind--about the bid, as well as so many others that tried to make history. of course this year, there's only one horse who can do it now. we shall see.