4/5 (HAW): Illinois Derby (Gr. II)

[wac]

I guess dennis of corks connections were right. This would be the bad race for him. Man did he look horrible out there.

How dare you question the connections of Denis of Cork. His trainer galloped Easy Goer fer christsakes!!!!

[wac]

I know that the connections know more then i do but good night did that horse look awful today. I guess there thinking was that the race woudl come up light, which i guess it did considering the winner was 15-1, and they were just trying to get some money to get him in the gate of KD. Man what a mess b/c i have a bet on him in 1st pool at 45-1 ugghh.

Originally Posted by wac

I know that the connections know more then i do but good night did that horse look awful today. I guess there thinking was that the race woudl come up light, which i guess it did considering the winner was 15-1, and they were just trying to get some money to get him in the gate of KD. Man what a mess b/c i have a bet on him in 1st pool at 45-1 ugghh.

I was being sarcastic. He's garbage and the connections were playing games with a donkey they dressed up to look like Pegasus.

[wac]

I know Coach no harm no foul. Just dont know what to think about these 3yr olds this year. i can say this based on what ive seen and my very limited knowledge of horse racing there is no curlin, street sense, hard spun in this group. Its like none of these horses want to be the fav for KD.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Denis Of Cork's problems were a lot deeper than the fact that he wasn't as good as his Southwest win suggests and that they called audibles with his prep schedule to try and place him in what looked like the easiest spot to get him Graded Stakes earnings and increase his overall repute.

He was basically wide over a very pro-rail favoring race track - and got very little pace to set him up while the top two finishers set slow early fractions and the race had the look of a merry-go-round.