Eskendereya skipping FL Derby, prefering Wood

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Betsy

http://www.drf.com/news/article/111485.html

So much for Zito taking the conservative route. Sigh - Indomitable, you got your wish. I hate this move, but whatever.

He was conservative in that he opted to stay at Gulfstream and run in what is no more than a very tough alw quality race with Grade 1 status attached to it.

I might have looked for an even easier Graded Stakes spot.. and would have no problem shipping a young lightly raced horse God knows where.

If D'Funnybone and A Little Warm both are lured away from the Swale ... and it appears I'd go post as a favorite in a Grade 2 ... I might cut him back to 7f and run there and depending on how he performed go either Derby Trial/Preakness or Lexington/Derby