Who do we like in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby?
Do we like a favorite, a longshot or will we play your favorite numbers.
Here are some contribution on all 20 starters that hopefully will assistance we make adult your mind.
1. DADDY LONG LEGS
Trainer – Aidan O’Brien
Jockey – Colm O’Donoghue
LAST THREE STARTS
3-31 UAE Derby 1-1¼
11-5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile 12-19½
9-24 Royal Lodge Stakes 1-3¼
Will try to spin a initial equine to parlay a feat in a United Arab Emirates Derby into a feat in a Kentucky Derby after scoring in Dubai in March. He’s won 3 of 5 starts though nothing on a dirt, where he finished 12th in final year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile over this track. O’Brien and O’Donoghue are both o-fers in a Derby.
2. OPTIMIZER
Trainer – Wayne Lukas
Jockey – jon court
LAST THREE STARTS
4-14 Arkansas Derby 9-20½
3-17 Rebel Stakes 2-¾
2-25 Risen Star 9-13
Got propitious to get into a margin when Mark Valeski scratched on Tuesday. The colt will be Lukas’ record 45th Derby starter and will try to spin his fifth Derby winner. Closed strenuously to be second in a Rebel Stakes though unsuccessful to lift a leg final month in a Arkansas Derby. This is Court’s second Derby mount.
3. TAKE CHARGE INDY
Trainer – Patrick Byrne
Jockey – Calvin Borel
LAST THREE STARTS
3-31 Florida Derby 1-1
1-29 Allowance 2-2
11-5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile 5-6¼
May have an ace in a hole with Borel. The 45-year-old has won 3 of a final 5 Derbies and is shutting in on 5,000 career winners. This will be a initial Derby starter for Byrne who done a argumentative though scold preference of scratching out of a Tampa Bay Derby to run in a Florida Derby — that they won — defeating Union Rags in a process.
4. UNION RAGS
Trainer – Michael Matz
Jockey – Julien Leparoux
LAST THREE STARTS
3-31 Florida Derby 3-1¼
2-26 Fountain of Youth 1-4
11-5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile 2-head
Had legitimate excuses in his sole dual losses, including a Florida Derby, where he was pinned in via before anticipating room too late finishing full of run to be third. Prior bid was a monumental feat in a Fountain of Youth. This will be Matz’ third Derby starter, winning it in 2006 with Barbaro, while Leparoux is winless in 5 starts.
5. DULLAHAN
Trainer – Dale Romans
Jockey – Kent Desormeaux
LAST THREE STARTS
4-14 Blue Grass 1-1¼
3-11 Palm Beach Stales 2-1
11-5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile 4-6
Was considerable holding a Blue Grass Stakes final month though both of his wins have come during Keeneland over a fake Polytrack. He is a half-brother to a 2009 Derby leader Mine That Bird though no kin of a Derby leader has ever come behind to win a Derby. Desormeaux is seeking his fourth Derby leader however and Romans his first.Southwest Stakes progressing this year. The colt finished second in his sole start over this aspect and put in a bullet examination here final Friday covering 5f in :59.40.
6. BODEMEISTER
Trainer – Bob Baffert
Jockey – Mike Smith
LAST THREE STARTS
4-14 Arkansas Derby 1-9½
3-10 San Felipe 2-¾
2-11 Maiden 1-9¼
Went from roughly not creation Derby margin to a favorite after a outstanding measure in a Arkansas Derby. The colt, named after Baffert’s son Bode and would top a touching story as Baffert is recuperating from a heart conflict in March. He has never raced as a 2-year-old and a final equine to win a Derby though using during 2 was Apollo in 1882.Southwest Stakes progressing this year. The colt finished second in his sole start over this aspect and put in a bullet examination here final Friday covering 5f in :59.40.
7. ROUSING SERMON
Trainer – Jerry Hollendorfer
Jockey – Jose Lezcano
LAST THREE STARTS
4-1 Louisiana Derby 3-2
3-10 San Felipe 5-7¾
2-4 Robert Lewis 4-6¾
Got into Derby notwithstanding going winless this year from 3 starts. The bulk of his graded gain came final year when second, beaten usually a neck, in a Grade we Futurity during Hollywood Park. The colt is lerned by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, who in winless in 4 Derby attempts, while Lezcano is winless from 3 mounts.
8. CREATIVE CAUSE
Trainer – Michael Harrington
Jockey – Joel Rosario
LAST THREE STARTS
4-7 Santa Anita Derby 2-nose
3-10 San Felipe Stakes 1-¾
2-19 San Vicente Stakes 3-1
This will be a initial Derby starter for a 71-year-old Harrington and his cherished student looked like a best equine on a west seashore until he mislaid a Santa Anita Derby when Harrington took a blinkers off a colt. He will competition though a blinkers in a Derby and that might infer a dear mistake. Rosario is winless from dual Derby mounts.
9. TRINNIBERG
Trainer – Bisnath Parboo
Jockey – Willie Martinez
LAST THREE STARTS
4-7 Bay Shore Stakes 1-3
3-10 Swale Stake 1-6
11-4 Breeders’ Cup Juv. Sprint 7-13½
Derby Fever apparently cheerless a connectors of this horse. A reliable competitor who’s never run serve than 7 furlongs in his career will try to widen out his shining speed to a mile-and-a-quarter stretch of a Derby. It will be Parboo’s initial Derby starter and a fifth Derby mountain for Martinez.
10. DADDY NOSE BEST
Trainer – Steve Asmussen
Jockey – Garrett Gomez
LAST THREE STARTS
3-25 Sunland Derby 1-¾
2-18 El Camino Real Derby 1-nose
12-31 Eddie Logan 5-3¼
One of dual starters for Trainer Steve Asmussen, who is winless from 10 Derby starters. The colt has won dual straight, including an considerable measure in a Sunland Derby. Showed a singular ability to hoop any aspect as he’s won on turf, mud and fake and has won during 4 opposite tracks. Gomez is winless from 8 Derby mounts.
11. ALPHA
Trainer – Kiaran McLaughlin
Jockey – Rajiv Maragh
LAST THREE STARTS
4-7 Wood Memorial 2-neck
2-4 Withers Stakes 1-3¼
1-7 Count Fleet 1-2½
Enters Derby off a slight skip in a Wood where he encountered difficulty on a initial spin usually to come adult a neck short. The colt has been initial or second in 5 of 6 starts though sole off-the-board finish came during Churchill when 11th in a Breeders’ Cup after being querulous in a gate.
12. PROSPECTIVE
Trainer – Mark Casse
Jockey – Luis Contreras
LAST THREE STARTS
4-14 Blue Grass 6-6½
3-10 Tampa Bay Derby 1-¾
2-4 Sam F. Davis 2-1¼
Finished 13th and final in a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile final year over this aspect though has won dual of 4 starts this year, including a Tampa Bay Derby, where he wore blinkers for a initial time. Ignore his final start where he unsuccessful to hoop a Polytrack in a Blue Grass. This is Contreras’ initial Derby mountain and second for Casse.
13. WENT THE DAY WELL
Trainer – Graham Motion
Jockey – John Velazquez
LAST THREE STARTS
3-24 Spiral Stakes 1-3½
3-3 Maiden 1-1¼
2-4 Maiden 4-1½
Will story repeat itself? Last year Animal Kingdom won a Derby for Motion, Velazquez and owners Team Valor and they’re set adult for a repeat after this colt won a Spiral Stakes in his final prep, a same competition Animal Kingdom used before his Derby score. He’ll wear blinkers in a Derby. Velazquez is 1-for-13 in Derby, Motion is 1-for-3.
14. HANSEN
Trainer – Michael Maker
Jockey – Ramon Dominguez
LAST THREE STARTS
4-14 Blue Grass 2-1¼
3-3 Gotham Stakes 1-3
1-29 Holy Bull Stakes 2-5
Last year’s champion 2-year-old hasn’t been worse than second from 6 career starts, winning 4 of them, including a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile over this strip. Dominguez, who is winless from 8 Derby starts, chose to float this near-white colt over Alpha and his tail won’t be painted blue for a race, according to individualist owners Kendall Hansen.
15. GEMOLOGIST
Trainer – Todd Pletcher
Jockey – Javier Castellano
LAST THREE STARTS
4-7 Wood Memorial 1-neck
3-16 Allowance 1-7
11-26 Kentucky Jockey Club 1-1¾
Enters a Derby undefeated and two-for-two over Churchill’s categorical track, including a feat in final year’s Kentucky Jockey Club. Owned by WinStar Farm, this colt will try to give Pletcher his second Derby leader as WinStar and Pletcher teamed adult with Super Saver in 2010. Castellano is winless from 5 Derby mounts.
16. EL PADRINO
Trainer – Todd Pletcher
Jockey – Rafael Bejarano
LAST THREE STARTS
3-31 Florida Derby 4-3
2-25 Risen Star Stakes 1-nose
1-29 Allowance 1-2
Looked like a earnest Derby claimant after holding a Risen Star Stakes in February, though was a lifeless fourth in a Florida Derby and afterwards incited in a delayed examination Sunday. Pletcher says Derby’s additional stretch could spin things around for a reddish-brown colt. Bejarano is 0-for-7 in a Derby, while Pletcher is 1-for-29.
17. DONE TALKING
Trainer – HAMILTON SMITH
Jockey – SHELDON RUSSELL
LAST THREE STARTS
4-7 Illinois Derby 1-¾
3-3 Gotham Stakes 10-20¾
11-26 Remsen 4-1
Gives both 67-year-old Smith and 24-year-old Russell their initial Derby starter. After a successful 2-year-old campaign, a colt flopped in a Gotham Stakes over a good frame before resilient with a last-to-first finish in a Illinois Derby. Despite a win appears one of a slowest of a bunch.
18. SABERCAT
Trainer – Steve Asmussen
Jockey – Corey Nakatani
LAST THREE STARTS
4-14 Arkansas Derby 3-9¾
3-17 Rebel Stakes 8-6¼
11-19 Delta Jackpot 1-4
A win here for a colt would snap a Derby losing streaks of both Asmussen and Nakatani, who are 0-for-10 and 0-for-15 respectively in a ‘Run for a Roses’, a longest stream losing streaks for a Trainer and Jockey. Last year, they were tighten during Churchill, when they teamed to finish second with Nehro.
19. I’LL HAVE ANOTHER
Trainer – Doug O’Neill
Jockey – Mario Gutierrez
LAST THREE STARTS
4-7 Santa Anita Derby 1-nose
2-4 Robert Lewis 1-2¾
9-5 Hopeful Stakes 6-19
Enters a competition as maybe a best equine in California after holding both a Robert Lewis and a Santa Anita Derby. Was indeed put on a vet’s list on Apr 20 after receiving shock-wave diagnosis to his back, though has given been privileged to race. This is Gutierrez’ initial Derby mountain while O’Neill is winless from dual starters.
20. LIAISON
Trainer – Bob Baffert
Jockey – Martin Garcia
LAST THREE STARTS
4-7 Santa Anita Derby 6-9¼
3-10 San Felipe 4-5½
2-4 Robert Lewis DNF
Was fantastic as a 2-year-old, winning 3 of 4 starts a year ago, though has been winless this year from 3 starts. Baffert blames a tough aspect of Santa Anita and says a equine has thrived given nearing during Churchill Downs and will competition with blinkers. Switches to Garcia, who won a Preakness for Baffert in 2010 aboard Lookin during Lucky.