DTers Road to the Roses Contest

[lemoncrush]

Originally Posted by Withers

Yeah, well, I'm kind of kicking myself for picking Asmussen too. O'Neill no doubt would have been a better choice. On numbers alone, though, one should have gone for Pletcher and then Zito (18) I think...or Baffert (17).

I think Numbers here are deceiving. Zito may not get even one horse to the derby, although he'll surely have some horses running in the major preps.
CP west may not make it, Silver Express, Righteous...I'm not sure about.

Same with Baffert. If EZ Warrior stays sprinting (and or injured), I'm not sure who he has that realistically has a chance to make it to Kentucky.

It's almost better to take a trainer who has his hopes pinned on a few legitimate candidates, rather than a trainer who nominates all of his stable, but realistically..does't have much for the derby trail.