Kentucky Derby pace will be very fast

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by Buckpasser

With three impressive wins this weekend from (1) Discreetly Mine, wire-to-wire; (2) Conveyance, wire-to-wire; (3) Eskendereya, forwardly placed throughout the FOY and (4) Rule wire-to-wire last week in Tampa who thinks that any of these will be around at the finish the first Saturday in May?

Connemara looking very interesting if he can navigate a big field at Churchill.

I wouldn't make assumptions about any of the horses you listed. Even if the pace is fast there is no telling which of those horses have the ability to sit 10-15 lengths off of a fast pace.
Connemara has done nothing wrong but before I would get too excited about him I'd like to see how he runs against a field of horses that aren't comprised mostly of former claimers.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

Connemara has done nothing wrong but before I would get too excited about him I'd like to see how he runs against a field of horses that aren't comprised mostly of former claimers.

Not to mention he hasn't raced over a conventional dirt surface.

I'm not sure why the initial poster pigeon-holes Eskendereya as some sort of frontrunner. He absolutely crushed the FOY and was merely toying with an all-out Jackson Bend with over a quarter of a mile left to run.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I'm not sure why the initial poster pigeon-holes Eskendereya as some sort of frontrunner. He absolutely crushed the FOY and was merely toying with an all-out Jackson Bend with over a quarter of a mile left to run.

This was more my point, same with Discreetly Mine. Neither of these horses needs the lead, and who's to say if Rule or Conveyance do either?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

This was more my point, same with Discreetly Mine. Neither of these horses needs the lead, and who's to say if Rule or Conveyance do either?

Yep. Despite what the Voice Of Reason has to say, the dubious content of the initial post demanded (and probably was fishing for) some level-headed response.

What's flabbergasting to me was that Connemara was mentioned before a more accomplished closer in Dublin.

[Buckpasser]

Check the ATR archives discussing the KY. Derby pace with Steve Haskin in the first hour!