Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Kentucky Derby Field for Saturday, 3 May

There will be 20 colts running in Saturday's 140th Kentucky Derby, unless someone becomes ill, or is injured.  The race covers one and one-quarter miles on the main (dirt) track at Churchill Downs, outside of Louisville, Kentucky, and the purse is worth $2 million.  Starting time is estimated at 6:24 P. m. (EDT).  A few odd bits of information:
 Commanding Curve is a ridgling.
 Four colts are chestnut, sixteen are bay.
 Starlight Racing, owner of Intense Holiday, joined up with Skychai Racing, owner of Harry's Holiday, and together purchased General a Rod last week.
 13 colts were bred in Kentucky, 2 in Florida, 2 in New York, 1 in California, 1 in Louisiana, and 1 in Ontario, Canada.
 There are 5 grade 1 race winners, 6 Grade 2 winners, 4 Grade 3 winners, 1 Black Type winner, 1 Listed winner, and 1 colt each placed in a Grade 1, Grade 2, and a Grade 3 race.
 Twelve of the 20 colts entered have bloodlines that trace back to *Forli, the sire of our stallion of choice at Sleepy Hollow Horse Farm in Micanopy.
 California Chrome is the morning line betting favorite - he is a flashy chestnut with a blaze and four white stockings.  He has run in three races in his career, and has won all three by a (combined) total of 18 lengths.

 Following is the listing of entries for the Kentucky Derby; listed first by Post Position, then by name, then the name of the jockey, morning betting line odds, and, if the colt is related to *Forli, there will be an "*" between the Jockey's name and the odds (odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs):
1.   Vicar's In Trouble,  Rosie Napravnik  *   30 to 1
2.   Harry's Holiday,  Corey Lanerie  *   50 to 1
3.   Uncle Sigh,  Irad Ortiz Jr  *   30 to 1
4.   Danza,  Joe Bravo   10 to 1
5.   California Chrome, Victor Espinoza  *   5 to 2
6.   Samraat,  Jose Ortiz   5 to 1
7.   We Miss Artie,  Javier Castellano  *   50 to 1
8.   General a Rod, Joel Rosario  *   15 to 1
9.   Vinceremos,  Jose Rococo Jr   30 to 1
10. Wildcat Red,  Luis Saez   15 to 1
11. Hoppertunity,  Mike E Smith  *   6 to 1
12. Dance With Fate,  Corey Nakatani  *   20 to 1
13. Chitu,  Martin Garcia  *   20 to 1
14. Medal Count,  Robby Albarado  *  20 to 1
15. Tapiture,  Ricardo Santana Jr   15 to 1
16. Intense Holiday,  John Velazquez  *  12 to 1
17. Commanding Curve,  Shaun Bridgmohan   50 to 1
18. Candy Boy,  Gary Stevens   20 to 1
19. Ride On Curlin,  Calvin Borel   15 to 1
20. Wicked Strong,  Rajiv Maragh  *  8 to 1

  More information on all the colts and fillies racing in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, and the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, may be found at :  http://www.bloodhorse.com/
 

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