Eight Belles & Proud Spell

[Danzig]

is the sudden hard on about fillies in the derby due to the fact that these two are owned by porter, that he might enter only to scratch, thus keeping some horse in 22nd place in earnings out, or that neither filly has faced boys as yet?
if eight belles should happen to win, which is unlikely, would the foul crying get worse or stop altogether?

[hockey2315]

Porter doesn't own Proud Spell

[Danzig]

no, eight belles....i should have kept all that singular, since jones' other filly is pretty much a lock to go in the oaks.

i can't remember tho if all other fillies to this point who ran in the derby had met colts beforehand. had they all?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i can't remember tho if all other fillies to this point who ran in the derby had met colts beforehand. had they all?

I feel like quite a few did. Winning Colors won the Santa Anita Derby, Althea won the Arkansas Derby and Genuine Risk ran third in the Wood Memorial. Frankly I can't remember a lot of other fillies trying. Maybe Life's Magic? She was a Lukas horse so it wouldn't surprise me if she had faced the boys ( she sure did later ).

[Kasept]

1980: Genuine Risk
1982: Cupecoy's Joy
1984: Althea; Life's Magic
1988: Winning Colors
1995: Serena's Song
1999: Excellent Meeting; Three Ring

[blackthroatedwind]

I feel like Serena's Song won the Jim Beam.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I feel like Serena's Song won the Jim Beam.

i don't think the list above was complete, there were other fillies over the years-but i think genuine risk was the first in over 20 years to try. hard to keep track of all that trivia.

but yeah, serena won the jim beam, cupecoy's joy finished third in her jim beam try. althea won the arkansas derby.