Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Danzig

and had he not gotten in, someone else would have finished third. i just don't think the race will feel the lack if the horse on the bubble ends up out and a horse from england runs in his place-and that's not even a given. just because a horse earns his way in, doesn't mean his connections will relish the thought of shipping and running on dirt. but who knows?

I just don't see how winning an allowance race on synthetics in England is really earning your way in.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I just don't see how winning an allowance race on synthetics in England is really earning your way in.

but because it's a win and you're in, he's in. if a horse wins the delta jackpot, he's earned his way in-but doesn't mean that horse is any more deserving than the winner of the england race. but, those are the rules.

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I just don't see how winning an allowance race on synthetics in England is really earning your way in.

you mean dirt?

Originally Posted by bloodhorse

Jibboom, a graded stakes winner on dirt and turf for Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms, has been retired from racing because of a suspensory injury.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

you mean dirt?

the racetrack there is a synthetic surface. and what does jibboom have to do with it?

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by Danzig

the racetrack there is a synthetic surface. and what does jibboom have to do with it?

Jibboom ran once on dirt in her life and ran a one-paced sixth.
Bloodhorse writes her up as a Graded Stakes winner on dirt.
It's also fun to say or type her name.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

Jibboom ran once on dirt in her life and ran a one-paced sixth.
Bloodhorse writes her up as a Graded Stakes winner on dirt.
It's also fun to say or type her name.

oh, i see. they're saying a win on synthetic is a 'dirt' win. they need to re-write it as a main track win, it most certainly is NOT a dirt win.

[brockguy]

Mafaaz earns his ticket - disappointed for connections of Spring of Fame who flew home from another village and just got beaten. The winner arguably had the best form on offer coming 5th behind the BC Juvi Turf winner and a Racing Post winner.
EDIT - just hearing that the winner may go over early and run in a trial such as the one at Keeneland but very early to say anything concrete now.

[Kasept]

Gosden states he'll run Mafaaz in the Bluegrass, and a good run there would land him in the Derby. Gosden added in that event, he would choose to attend the Derby no matter who he had going in the 2000 Guineas the same day.