barrier reef ?
 

hurt and now being pointed to keenland stakes on grass... i think its a grade 3 but its only 100k, so are they not thinking derby with this one ? i thought he had some upside.

This horse is on the top of my list for the derby winner.
If he is off the trail then I am sticking with my second choice in Roman Commander

who is roman commander ?

From the Downey Profile:

"Barrier Reef Out of Tampa Bay Derby. Whirlaway Stakes winner Barrier Reef (Worth Watching) has been declared out of Saturday’s Grade III Tampa Bay Derby with a minor injury

Rick Metee, the Saeed bin Suroor surrogate for Godolpin's American division, said Barrier Reef "grabbed himself" at Payson Park recently, describing the injury as nothing serious--but Barrier Reef missed a scheduled work and will dodge War Pass on Saturday.

Barrier Reef was shipped to Florida after winning the Whirlaway at Aqueduct. His next race has not been determined, Mettee said."

http://www.thedowneyprofile.com/#MAR13

Roman Emperor? Roman Commander is a 4yo. . .

i like roman emperor i think he is very dangerous, especially with jeremy

sorry I meant Roman Emperor. He made Barrier Reef earn his win in the whirlaway. I was disapointed by his run in the Gotham. I hope the fog was the cause of his ok perormance.

Hope you guys have a 3rd and 4th choice

Because RE made barrier Reef work doesn't make him a Derby colt. If you like RE that much then you must think that BR is the Derby winner.

I have put BR on top. Since BR is probably off the trail I am going to tab RE on the top spot however I will have to see the Wood Memorial to make it my official top pick

it is so wide open, everyone thought war pass was the one, well hes not.
pyro is slow, i am really starting to like the fountain of youth and a few under the radar new york horses including roman emperor, and giant moon who will bounce back

What would make an AQU Inner alc winner your top Derby contender, exactly?