2012 Triple Crown Trail: 11 try to deny I'll Have Another

[Travis Stone]

Trinniberg is an interesting story. He's a sprinter. In either the Derby or the Preakness he's going to run fast early and have a very low chance of hanging around until the end. So given that, why would you go to the Preakness and not just try the Derby? I suppose he might get an "easier" lead in the Preakness... but we're still talking about a really fast 6-7 furlong horse.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Trinniberg is an interesting story. He's a sprinter. In either the Derby or the Preakness he's going to run fast early and have a very low chance of hanging around until the end. So given that, why would you go to the Preakness and not just try the Derby? I suppose he might get an "easier" lead in the Preakness... but we're still talking about a really fast 6-7 furlong horse.

Because in the Derby he would have to face Bodemeister whose only wins have been on the lead and Hansen who stalked in the Gotham but otherwise guns it like a quarterhorse early... I could envison them opening up a 10 length lead on the field while deuling.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by jms62

Because in the Derby he would have to face Bodemeister whose only wins have been on the lead and Hansen who stalked in the Gotham but otherwise guns it like a quarterhorse early... I could envison them opening up a 10 length lead on the field while deuling.

Trinniberg went 20 4/5ths for an opening quarter mile the last time he raced at Churchill ... and he ran the fastest Moss Pace figure ever published in the Hopeful as a 2yo.

He's able to relax this year because they've removed the blinkers and no one has been dumb enough to test him early.

With a huge crowd, 20 horse field, riders asking a little out of the gate for position, he's most likely going to get competitive and sprint. He'll fry all the tactical speeds and even mid-pack types. Anything within 12 lengths of him will totally stop.

Trinniberg isn't a front-end router like Hansen and Bodemeister -- he's a horse who could get the lead in a race like the Breeders Cup Sprint.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Trinniberg went 20 4/5ths for an opening quarter mile the last time he raced at Churchill ... and he ran the fastest Moss Pace figure ever published in the Hopeful as a 2yo.

He's able to relax this year because they've removed the blinkers and no one has been dumb enough to test him early.

With a huge crowd, 20 horse field, he's most likely going to get competitive and sprint. He'll fry all the tactical speeds and even mid-pack types. Anything within 12 lengths of him will totally stop.

That is why I am putting together my list of horses making big moves from 3/4 home in the 9 FL preps. This looks like it really sets up for Dulahan but I have questions on whether he can get over dirt.

[HaloWishingwell]

Once they turn for home they all will be looking at I'll Have Another's bunghole.

[Kasept]

TRINNIBERG LIKELY TO BYPASS DERBY; DERBY TRIAL NEW TARGET

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (April 15, 2012) – With the final round of major prep races for the Kentucky Derby completed on Saturday, the Calder-based multiple graded stakes winner Trinniberg sits in 17th place in the latest graded-stakes earnings list. But even with his spot in the Derby starting gate seemingly assured, owner Shivananda Parbhoo has indicated that his colt is likely to pass the race.

“Right now I’m 85 percent not going to the Derby,” Parbhoo said on Sunday morning. “But I could reach 100 percent pretty soon. The way the horse is feeling right now, he’s doing so well, I don’t want to run him over his head. He’s a nice three-year-old with so many options the rest of the year. I don’t want to ruin him.”

While those mid-to-late season options could include such races as the Grade 2 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park on June 9 and the Grade 1 King’s Bishop at Saratoga August 25, the next option for the recent Grade 3 Bay Shore winner could be the $200,000 Grade 3 Derby Trial at Churchill Downs, run at the distance of one mile on April 28.

“We’ll work him some time between the 18th and the 20th, and then we’ll look at the Derby Trial as the next logical spot,” Parbhoo said. “I think the one-mile distance of that race is perfect for him. And it’s a way to stretch him out a bit, without asking too much of him.”

Following a possible start in the Derby Trial, Parbhoo hinted that Trinniberg could still make a Triple Crown appearance in Baltimore, contesting the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes on May 19. But even that option appears to be fading somewhat from the owner’s mind.

“The Preakness could still be a goal, but a lot of that would depend on how he ran in the Derby Trial,” Parbhoo said. “If we decide to run (in the Derby Trial) and he was to win that race really easy, then we might look at the Preakness. But right now, my thinking is that I’d really like to keep him at seven furlongs to one mile.

“Believe me, I want to go to the Derby; the day we bought our first horse, our dream was the Derby,” Parbhoo continued. “But it’s not about me, it’s about the horse. I won’t ruin a really nice horse just to say I ran a horse in the Kentucky Derby.”

[Danzig]

saw that article yesterday. if only others would do the same thing.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Kasept

“But it’s not about me, it’s about the horse. I won’t ruin a really nice horse just to say I ran a horse in the Kentucky Derby.”

[asudevil]

I just read that Wrote is not coming....DLL is making the trip.

[Danzig]

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Bodemeister, Secret Circle, and Sabercat, the first three finishers, respectively, in the Arkansas Derby on Saturday, all came out of the race in good order and will share a plane ride to Kentucky on Monday morning to begin final preparations for the May 5 Kentucky Derby, their respective camps said Sunday morning at Oaklawn Park.

from bloodhorse....