Looking at the pedigrees of recent Derby winners

[VOL JACK]

So a son of Dynaformer has a Sprint based pedigree and a son of Henny Hughes has a route based pedigree... Gotcha!

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

So a son of Dynaformer has a Sprint based pedigree and a son of Henny Hughes has a route based pedigree... Gotcha!

And the best damside pedigree for distance might belong to a NY bred son of Indian Charlie.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

And the best damside pedigree for distance might belong to a NY bred son of Indian Charlie.

A horse who ran much better then it looks on paper last out and a horse who has shown he can handle some adversity.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

So a son of Dynaformer has a Sprint based pedigree and a son of Henny Hughes has a route based pedigree... Gotcha!

Strictly in terms of the female side of the pedigree, yes.

The dam of Chitu is A. P. Indy on top, and high class turf routers on bottom. She only raced once, winning her debut at 10 furlongs in England for Godolphin. Even in England, it's not common to see horses asked to debut at 10f.

The dam of Medal Count is a confirmed sprinter, who was very good in turf sprints. Medal Count is a half to a horse who dominated a 4.5 furlong baby race at Keeneland for Pletcher and couldn't stay a lick.

Obviously though, Medal Count will get a big stamina boost from Dynaformer. But look at his dirt races, he fades in them.

I'll be looking for other Dale Romans horses to bet this upcoming weekend. Medal Count does absolutely nothing for me.