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Kentucky Derby Picks for Horse Racing’s Finest 2 Minutes
Buzz On Gambling | April 22nd 2008 by Buzz B Berkeley
First, let me say that this is another NO Triple Crown Winner Year! Big Brown could do it, but if he doesn’t, he will definitely spoil it for the others by winning one of the three. Now, for the Kentucky Derby: Stay Tuned because my picks will read more
Updated Derby Rankings
The Aspiring Horseplayer | April 20th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
This week brought more shakeups to the list. War Pass is officially off the Derby trail with an injury. Speculation is swirling that top fillies Eight Belles and Proud Spell may enter into the Derby field. I’m waiting for an official anno read more
Saturday Derby Shakeups
The Aspiring Horseplayer | April 19th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Big news this Saturday on the Kentucky Derby front. One time favorite War Pass, who has had a 3 year old season from hell, has been declared officially OUT for the Kentucky Derby. Nick Zito indicates the colt has a minor leg fracture and will be read more
Updated Kentucky Derby Rankings: 4/7/08
The Aspiring Horseplayer | April 7th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
As usual, the information contained here is identical to that found on my static “Road to the 2008 Kentucky Derby” page. We’re starting to get into the home stretch now with only a month to go before the 2008 Kentucky Derby. La read more
Upset Saturday
The Aspiring Horseplayer | April 5th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Saturday was a big day on the road to the 2008 Kentucky Derby. We had 3 major prep races across the country with the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne, the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, and the Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita. Upsets were the theme of th read more
Will the real War Pass please stand up?
The Aspiring Horseplayer | April 4th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Ever since his disappointing (and mind boggling) last place finish in the Tampa Bay Derby, the connections for highly regarded 3 year old War Pass have insisted it was a race we could scratch. Something went wrong that day, whether it was the heat, read more
Updated Kentucky Derby Rankings
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 30th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
With 5 weeks to go now until the 2008 Kentucky Derby, the picture is starting to get a little clearer. Big Brown’s romp in the Florida Derby on 3/29 has shaken up the entire division. Will War Pass be able to return to form in the Wood Me read more
Tuesday ramblings: Anyone see Ron Correll on TVG today?
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 18th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
I don’t really have much of an official update today but still wanted to share some thoughts and tidbits with you guys. I don’t know if anyone saw, but my favorite journalist/handicapper Ron Correll was featured on TVG today in an int read more
Updated 2008 Kentucky Derby rankings
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 16th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
We’ve got 48 days until the “greatest two minutes in sports” with the running of the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Obviously there’s been some shakeups this week. The unbeatable War Pass got beat in the Tampa Bay Derby, and Sierra read more
What happened to War Pass?
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 15th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
War Pass, sent off as the 1/9 favorite, finishes dead last in the Tampa Bay Derby What happened to War Pass today? That’s going to be the question reverberating around the world of thoroughbred horse racing for quite some time. On Saturday t read more
War Pass looks to make statement in the Tampa Bay Derby
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 14th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
War Pass The 2007 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile champion, and widely regarded top 3-year-old colt in the nation, War Pass, returns to action on Saturday in the $300,000 Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby. The Nick Zito trainee and son of Cherokee Run has seen read more
Updated Kentucky Derby Rankings
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 9th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
As promised, after an exciting weekend of racing that saw victories by Visionaire in the Gotham Stakes, Pyro in the Louisiana Derby, and Autism Awareness in the El Camino Real Derby, a near total shakeup of my top 10 contenders has occurred. I̵ read more
Not Much Shock And A Lot Less Awe
The Race is Not Always to the Swift | February 25th 2008
Cool Coal Man did two things in a time-warped edition of the Fountain of Youth; he failed to shock anybody and confirmed my suspicion that the Derby trail no longer runs through Gulfstream but through Tampa Bay. This was a FOY that left me and othe read more
Cool Coal Man pulls off upset in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth St…
The Aspiring Horseplayer | February 24th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Cool Coal Man uses a perfect stalking trip to run down a soft pace in G2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park on Sunday 2/24/08. The Grade 2 Fountain of Youth was quite a race for handicappers to try and decipher heading into Sunday’s racing a read more
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