Best opening 8f's run in the Ky Derby

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Here's the first turn position in the '95 Derby.



The horse setting the pace with the black line to his inside is 18th place finisher Honour And Glory - he won the Met Mile in 1:32 4/5 at 12/1 next time out. Honour and Glory was 3rd in that years BC Sprint.

Unbridled's Song has the blue line. He finished 5th in one of the all-time greatest performances in Ky Derby history.

Skip Away has the red line - he gets caught 5 wide on the first turn and 7 wide on the 2nd turn chasing that pace. He ended up 12th by 17.

Louis Quatorze has the yellow line - he ended up 16th beaten 24 lengths. He won the Preakness next time out - setting the stakes record and equalling Secretariat's unoffical Preakness record time. Also was 2nd by a nose in the BC Classic.


Grindstone - the winner of this race - was loose on an uncontested early lead - while facing just four other plodders in division 2 of this race. He has the green line.





Wire-to-wire Preakness winner:




Preakness 2nd:

SKIP AWAY