the "what if" derby

Originally Posted by BellamyRd.

1) Roman Ruler~Nakatani
2) Sir Cherokee~ Thompson
3) Chapel Royal ~Johnny V.
4) Kafwain~V. Espinoza
5) Repent~ T. D'Amico
6) Buddha~P.Day
7) Vindication~M. Smith
8) Consolidator~Bejarano
9) Henny Hughes~Prado
10) Zavata~ Stevens
11) Toccet~Chavez
12) Stevie Wonderboy~G. Gomez
13) Officer~A. Solis
14) Siphonic~J. Bailey
15) WhyWhyWhy~ C. Velasquez
16) Macho Uno~ Flores
17) Cuvee~Castellano
18) Van Nistelrooy~Lanfranco
19) Siphonizer~Krone
20) Sky Mesa~Coa


not sure but I think all missed the derby, correct me if I'm wrong, feel free to add or subtract any, but I just went from 2000-to present, did not include a Street Cry, because was trying to go for horses who only had major racing success prior to their missed derby day

You talking about a HOT HOT pace with WHYWHYWHY, Officer and Henny Hughes

[Seattleallstar]

Im gonna have to go with Macho Uno, had the ability to settle off and make a strong consistent run down the stretch.

[Seattleallstar]

Repent and Vindication would of been the other choices for 2nd, 3rd. Also if Repent had matured by that May he would also been a contender learning to switch leads

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Sir CHerokee. He was my Derby 2003 pick prior to the scratch and under Terry Thompson he will win at a huge price!!!

[sumitas]

First Samurai

Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May

Sir CHerokee. He was my Derby 2003 pick prior to the scratch and under Terry Thompson he will win at a huge price!!!

I like the Cherokee. Just my boy Cherokee Run.

Macho doesn't seem to fit with these
he was a pretty decent older horse
as where the others never got a chance to be
may have to remove him
perhaps with the infamous, Soto
my favorite race of PG's was the BC Juv
that last quarter was freakish
almost nipping the Macho One

[miraja2]

Have to go with Vindication if we are talking about the race being at 10f. He was by Seattle Slew and out of a graded stakes-winning daughter of Strawberry Road. SR won all kinds of G1 races at 2400m and 10f, and we all know about Seattle Slew. Vindication was extremely talented on the track, and, unlike some of these, he had the pedigree to run all day.

Question: Why did you include Roman Ruler but leave out Declan's Moon? Considering that Declan's Moon was the undefeated 2yo champ - and he beat Roman Ruler in the process - he seems more deserving to me.

Originally Posted by miraja2

Have to go with Vindication if we are talking about the race being at 10f. He was by Seattle Slew and out of a graded stakes-winning daughter of Strawberry Road. SR won all kinds of G1 races at 2400m and 10f, and we all know about Seattle Slew. Vindication was extremely talented on the track, and, unlike some of these, he had the pedigree to run all day.

Question: Why did you include Roman Ruler but leave out Declan's Moon? Considering that Declan's Moon was the undefeated 2yo champ - and he beat Roman Ruler in the process - he seems more deserving to me.

Good question.

[Pointg5]

I think Vindication is very overrated, he beat nothing in the Kentucky Cup and took advantage of a speed bias at Arlington...