Any Given Saturday gets my offical Derby endorsement

[blackthroatedwind]

I am far from convinced that Curlin is the " best horse ".

[The Indomitable DrugS]

No you aren't.

If he isn't...who is?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

No you aren't.

If he isn't...who is?

I have like three weeks to figure that out....right?

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

with horses that are going so far..your pick is a close 4th in mine..

[Pointg5]

I would say AGS and Cowtown Cat are my top two right now.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

I would say AGS and Cowtown Cat are my top two right now.

You are not fighting the devil hard enough.

You must resist with all your might.




Satan comes in many forms...my friend.

These are going to be 2 of them.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

I would say AGS and Cowtown Cat are my top two right now.

Really? What is it that you like about Cowtown Cat?
He hasn't impressed me at all.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Really? What is that you like about Cowtown Cat?
He hasn't impressed me at all.

I was going to ask the same question. Where the hell is his good race?

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Really? What is it that you like about Cowtown Cat?
He hasn't impressed me at all.

Disclaimers:

All of this could be null and void once I look at the Sheets and see if he's fast enough...

Assumptions:

As has been discussed these are average horses this year
They are all a little on the slow side

I don't care about Derby myths, Voodoo or anything to do with breeding other to look at the sire and dam sire and see if they might be precocious and see if they have some distance limitations(based on races run). Most of that to me is nonsense and just people trying to act like they know what they are talking about.

We have a horse in Cowtown that will be overlooked big time on the Derby.

Here's a horse that was brilliant enough at 2 to track a fast pace and kick out a Beyer of 92 at 5 1/2f.

He's tractable enough to carve out slow fractions on or off the pace.

He doesn't appear to me to be speed crazy to me, he's not fighting the rider.

He's won 2 two turn stakes back to back.

His last appeared slow, but I believe he got a 98 Beyer.

He's going to have 4 preps and 4 weeks off, let's see what the reports come back on him during Derby week. He might be thriving.

There's no standout in my opinion and no one, unless it happens this weekend(which I doubt) is throwing big numbers.

This is a very average group of horses, again let's see what the most important figures come back, if he looks good on the Sheets, he can win.
I like his versatility and that's a big factor in the Derby. It's not like he's 10 points slower on the Beyers than anything this year, as long as the legit figures show he's fast enough, I"ll have no problem using him.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I am far from convinced that Curlin is the " best horse ".

You are right. I was criticized last week for saying that. I was pointing out that he is no Slew or Smarty Jones. This horse is the talk of the public, the non-betting public. Does he remind you of Bellamy Road?

[estreetposse]

Originally Posted by Bold Reasoning

You are right. I was criticized last week for saying that. I was pointing out that he is no Slew or Smarty Jones. This horse is the talk of the public, the non-betting public. Does he remind you of Bellamy Road?

I would say that Street Sense is #1 followed closely by Curlin & NoBiz...of course whoever the media spits out the most will of course be taking the $$.