It looks to me that this years road to the Triple Crown should get very interesting. I think this years crop has a lot more horses with classical breeding than last year. As you know, after the mishandling of Uncle Mo, last years races were mostly won by different horses and nobody showed they were superior to the rest. There were a few good ones along the way but it seems most of them succumbed to injury before they were able to accomplish very much.
Last years Remsen only had 5 entries but this year there are 10 and most of them are very nicely bred and have been showing some talent already. This should be a very contentious race and judging from the pedigrees, I don't think many of them can be written off yet even in defeat.
The jockey Club doesn't look as competitive as the Remsen but a couple of nice ones could emerge from it.
Remsen: In order of my pedigree preference..
Souper Speedy....... surprised @ 30/1 in debut in mud...super pedigree but has to prove more.
Speightscity.........fantastic pedigree...has gone a distance ...chased Hansen on tiring track
Stephanoatsee.....inbred to great derby winning line...great trainer
Done Talking........bred to get the distance...is getting a nice foundation..
El Padrino............great pedigree...blew them away in first try at a mile..
Managed Account...another with a nice pedigree...looks to be improving
All the entries are nicely bred but right now some are more advanced than others..as we go into next year and the TC preps they will start to weed themselves out. I feel that this may be a very important race because of the abundance of top notch breeding and the talent already shown..Don't be too surprised to see some big prices on the board
Jockey Club; some nice ones in here but not nearly as good as in the Remsen.
Cyber Secret....could be a real good one
Gemologist.......2 for 2 so far...Pletcher usually has them ready early.
Timely Tally.....another from a great derby winning line.
Seve.............still a maiden and must show something on dirt but has a really nice pedigree.
Ever So Lucky...may be real good til the derby distance comes up.
Right now we will just have to let them weed themselves out...it takes talent and a pedigree...I like to see both because some have talent but can't get the classic distances and some are bred right but can't run to their pedigrees..I hope to see some this year that are really talented and have a classic pedigree...what we need is a few that can run up front and sustain their speed...last year all we had was Shackleford and he was not bred for the classics.
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