Odysseus pre-Derby start at KEE or OP

[MisterB]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

who can move up the most as what we've seen so far, even from top contenders like Lookin at Lucky, just isn't going to win the Derby.

NT

Lucky can run all day, and doesn't need to move up. Baffert can sit chilly training the horse, and it is evident by staying home and running in the SA derby, which he doesn't need to win, just keeping him fresh.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by MisterB

Lucky can run all day, and doesn't need to move up. Baffert can sit chilly training the horse, and it is evident by staying home and running in the SA derby, which he doesn't need to win, just keeping him fresh.

Lookin at Lucky is a very nice horse, and his race at Oaklawn was pretty good, but he's also one of the favorites in a 20 horse field, and he has hardly shown anything exceptional. If one is playing big prices, Lookin at Lucky has to be used protectively in exotics, but he is also a horse that has done nothing on the racetrack to either justify a short price or instill any fear in his opposition....as opposed to Eskendereya, who IF he reproduces his Fountain of Youth, will dust the field. It's a big IF at this point but also has to be considered at least a possibility.