Derby Trail Prep Probables

[Indian Charlie]

How about West Side Bernie Andrew?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

How about West Side Bernie Andrew?

Wow, how bad was he this weekend?

How could anyone take him after that? He's either not that good ( very possible ) or finished.

[Monarchos1]

Some probables for the Swale.

Beacon Hill Road
Big Drama
Brave Victory
Custom for Carlos
Presto Change O
Sabi Sabi
This Ones for Phil

I'll take Brave Victory for the win.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Wow, how bad was he this weekend?

How could anyone take him after that? He's either not that good ( very possible ) or finished.

I figured you kind of liked him since you anticipated him being 2/5 in that race.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I figured you kind of liked him since you anticipated him being 2/5 in that race.

I thought he was a complete cinch in the race. I didn't bet him as I assumed he was the favorite.

I did bet the winner of the Bourbonette however.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I thought he was a complete cinch in the race. I didn't bet him as I assumed he was the favorite.

I did bet the winner of the Bourbonette however.

I felt like I was trying to handicap a bad 10k claiming field for the Lane's End. It gave me a headache. How people thought WSB, or anyone in there could be 2/5 was pretty puzzling.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I felt like I was trying to handicap a bad 10k claiming field for the Lane's End. It gave me a headache. How people thought WSB, or anyone in there could be 2/5 was pretty puzzling.

I didn't think he could be.....I thought he should be.

I was wrong. Very wrong.

[Bobby Fischer]

WSB seemed like he had a shot to win. He liked the track the other time he ran on it.

I liked Bittel Road and overestimated his chances. Wasn't really a bettable race unless you really wanted to toss the top 2.

The winner was a decent animal and more of a longer-route turf horse than most of these. Bittel Road is probably more of a miler type of turf horse. Bernie had shown good versatility on synthetics.

The track is so bush league with the sand-storms they have going on. The place to be is generally forwardly placed up on the outside. - However the track was playing against speed - so missing the break didn't hurt Hold Me Back. Desormeaux got a pretty good trip.

Prado had Bernie in the absolute worst spot at turfway - saving ground behind horses. He probaby had breathed in a ton of that crap , you can see on the replays that he is running a lot of the race in a carpet-fibre dust cloud. Whether he is any good or not, it couldn't have helped him.

[mbahadur]

Looks like Baffert is considering a rabbit to keep The Pamplemousse honest. Probably a good idea as there is no other pace in the probable field.

From today's Santa Anita barn notes:

Bob Baffert said he “might run” maiden winner Life Goes On in the Santa Anita Derby. The son of the Baffert-trained 2002 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion Vindication won wire to wire by 2 ¾ lengths at one mile on Pro-Ride March 19 under Tyler Baze. Pioneerof the Nile jogged on Friday.