Teuflesberg obviously is not going to win the Kentucky Derby---and will be overrated next time out off this win.
He was basically allowed to dilly dally on a rather uncontested lead, through very soft fractions! By comparison, the wire-to-wire winner of race #3, which was an ugly bottom level condition claiming race, set faster fractions than Teuflesberg did.
Teuflesberg's final time of 1:38.20 for one mile---also doesn't look so impressive when you consider a maiden sprinter, off a five month plus layoff, ran 1:09.92 an hour or so earlier on the card. Basically, running a quarter mile less, in 28.28 seconds less.
I wouldn't consider him a top 25 Derby candidate right now
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02-20-2007, 06:25 PM
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