3-year-old Recap - Updated Derby Chances

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Bellamy Road could run a little.

True. I always forget about that horse. And I liked him!

[Danzig]

isn't toby's corner by bellamy road? also liked bellamy, gone too soon from the racing side of things.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Danzig

isn't toby's corner by bellamy road? also liked bellamy, gone too soon from the racing side of things.

Yep. BR's Wood victory is still the most dominant performance I've ever seen live.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Yep. BR's Wood victory is still the most dominant performance I've ever seen live.

And his Travers, though in defeat, was a pretty remarkable training job by Nick Zito... off a 3+ month layoff, Bellamy Road leads the entire race with fractions of :47 2/5, 1:10 4/5 and a mile in 1:36 1/5 before giving it up late to the in-form Flower Alley, who just won the Jim Dandy by 5 lengths with a 112. Bellamy Road earned a 106 in the Travers.

Flower Alley came back and ran poorly in the Gold Cup, but rebounded with a 111 runner-up in the Classic. Roman Ruler (3rd nearly 3 lengths farther back) came back and ran second in the Goodwood to Rock Hard Ten with a 111 Beyer as well.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

And his Travers, though in defeat, was a pretty remarkable training job by Nick Zito... off a 3+ month layoff, Bellamy Road leads the entire race with fractions of :47 2/5, 1:10 4/5 and a mile in 1:36 1/5 before giving it up late to the in-form Flower Alley, who just won the Jim Dandy by 5 lengths with a 112. Bellamy Road earned a 106 in the Travers.

Flower Alley came back and ran poorly in the Gold Cup, but rebounded with a 111 runner-up in the Classic. Roman Ruler (3rd nearly 3 lengths farther back) came back and ran second in the Goodwood to Rock Hard Ten with a 111 Beyer as well.

And Roman Ruler had just won the Haskell too.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

And Roman Ruler had just won the Haskell too.

Oh yeah... duh. I should have put that in there... good catch.

[blackthroatedwind]

Flower Alley was clearly the trip horse coming out of that Derby after being very foolishly sent after Spanish Chesnut, on the inside, halfway through the race. He ran sneaky well that day and showed great potential.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Danzig

isn't toby's corner by bellamy road? also liked bellamy, gone too soon from the racing side of things.

Too bad he didn't get that speed instead of the big jughead!