Derby Day
R1: No Opinion
R2: #1 No Surrender was purchased privately (same connections as Danza, Derby contender) off his impressive 1 1/16 win @ Haw, that race was off layoff and his dirt debut, 1st out was synth.
R3: Looking at two colts that are going synth to dirt and making 2nd career start, #9 Coastal Moon broke slow from rail and had no chance after that, may prefer dirt over synth, #10 Boss Gone bumped start then wide @ Kee..both Casse and Wilkes good 2nd time out trainers.
R4: #5 Night Song 1 for 1 on turf, dirt debut wasnt bad, good stretch out trainer, should control the pace in here.
R5: I love cutbacks in extended sprints (6.5F, 7F) and #7 Thundergram cuts back from 1 1/8 to 7F and exits Ark Derby, race in which he had no chance class/trip wise..aggressive move by Casse by even running him in that spot (obv was trying to get Derby pts) but shows he is high on this colt.
R6: Contenders: #1 Tapicat, #7 Ready Signal, #8 Effie Trinket, #9 Centre Court..I'm against #3 Miz Ida today off the layoff.
R7: #8 Midnight Lucky will be short price but she's best in here imo, even off layoff.
R8: #5 Global View for me, his last is a throw out race, that was synth and this is turf.
R9: #2 Clearly Now is a strong play for me, tough trip and off layoff last out in Carter, will be much tighter today, really woke up when blinkers were added last year, 109 and 103 Beyer Speed Figs.
R10: #1 Wise Dan will be tough to beat, if he is defeated i'm looking at #'s 2 and 4 and possibly #10..still undecided about this race.
R11: No special order but my derby horses are: #12 Dance With Fate, #16 Intense Holiday, #20 Wicked Strong
Didn't look at R12 or R13 yet
Belmont thoughts shortly..