Monthly Archive: April 2009

Apr
30
2009

April 30, 2009 Derby Contender Updates

(As per Churchill Downs release) ADVICE/DUNKIRK/JOIN IN THE DANCE – The Todd Pletcher Derby trio of Advice, Dunkirk and Join in the Dance were out early, exercised and back in Barn 38 before 7 a.m. Thursday, missing the rains that splashed down on Louisville a bit later in the morning. Kevin Willey handled both Advice …

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Apr
29
2009

Kentucky Derby 135 Post Positions and Morning Line Odds

FIELD FOR 135TH RUNNING OF THE $2 MILLION-GUARANTEED KENTUCKY DERBY PRESENTED BY YUM! BRANDS (Grade I) Post/Horse Trainer Jockey Morning line odds (by Mike Battaglia) 1. West Side Bernie Kelly Breen Stewart Elliott 50-1 2. Musket Man Derek Ryan Eibar Coa 20-1 3. Mr. Hot Stuff Eoin Harty John Velazquez 30-1 4. Advice Todd Pletcher …

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Apr
29
2009

Kentucky Derby 135 Post Position Draw and Morning Line Set

(As per Bloodhorse.com) I Want Revenge, runaway winner of the Gotham Stakes (gr. I) and a determined victor in the April 4 Wood Memorial (gr. I), has been made the 3-1 morning line favorite for the May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). The son of Stephen Got Even will break from …

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Apr
29
2009

Nowhere to Hide to run in Kentucky Derby 135

My Meadowview Farm’s Nowhere to Hide, trained by Nick Zito, will be entered in this weekend’s Kentucky Derby. Nowhere to Hide broke his maiden Dec. 13 at Calder Race Course, and has since run fourth in three graded stakes races (Risen Star Stakes, Tampa Bay Derby, Illinois Derby). Zito states that the owner of Nowhere …

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Apr
29
2009

Win Willy out of Kentucky Derby 135

Trainer Mac Robertson has declared Win Willy out of contention for Kentucky Derby 135 as of Wednesday morning, the day that entries for the race are finalized, due to a line that has appeared on an x-ray of the colt’s left front ankle. Robertson, citing that the line “may or may not be a problem,” …

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