Summer Doldrums headed for the Gotham S. (G3) on March 10.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Giacomo's dosage fit, didn't it?

No, Giacomo's didn't because he had a dosage index over 4.00, but isn't there a typical rule of thumb for derby contenders concerning the amount of dosage points in the classic category or middle category (if you use this angle?)

Here's an interesting site giving some common derby angles:

http://www.theyareatthepost.com/kent...cky-derby.html

Horses ranked within 10 pounds of the male topweight or who are a champion in another country and have a Dosage Index of 4.0 or less and a Center of Distribution of 1.25 or less are considered the dual qualifiers. These horses have statistically shown that they have a better chance at winning the Derby. Here are this year's dual qualifiers (so far):

Horse Trainer Dosage Jockey

Any Given Saturday Todd Pletcher 2.67 * Rafael Bejarano

Circular Quay Todd Pletcher 2.08 * Garrett Gomez

Great Hunter Doug O'Neill 3.00 * Corey Nakatani

King of the Roxy Todd Pletcher 3.00 * Edgar Prado

Liquidity Doug O'Neill 1.86 * Corey Nakatani

Nobiz Like Shobiz Barclay Tagg 1.44 * Cornelio Velasquez

Scat Daddy Todd Pletcher 2.47 * John Velazquez

Stormello Bill Currin 2.67 * Kent Desormeaux

Street Sense Carl Nafzger 2.14 * Calvin Borel