Who Will Be The Pace Setter In The Derby?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by CSC

If Papa Clem gets an uncontested lead, I can see him being very dangerous at probable long odds surmising Churchill will be souped up for the Derby . His Robert Lewis was very, very good on a fair race track. Toss out the slop loss at the FG and you have perhaps an underrated horse. Yeah I know he didn't beat much in the ARK Derby but in a paceless race, he might War Emblem them. I'm just not sure 1 1/4 is his best distance.

Why are you automatically equating a souped-up track with a speed-favoring one?

The track in 2001 was arguably as souped-up as it has been in recent memory yet the winner of the Derby came from well, well off the pace.

NT