UEA DERBY

DADDY LONG LEGS JUST WON! WELCOME TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY!  Wrote who won the Breeder's Cup Juvenile Turf who looked good coming down the stretch, and then faded back will probably not ship over to the US now for the Kentucky Derby.  Daddy Long Legs just made this look easy!

Blind Luck & Rachel A

Both Blind Luck and Rachel Alexandra had confirmed that they are both in foal to Bernardini

.... and after these babies are born, they will both be sent to Tapit.... and then they will continue to follow who Zenyatta is bred to.

Sunland Park Oaks

Princess Arabella won this $200,000 Kentucky Oaks prep race, easily by eight lengths over the weekend.  She is trained by Bob Baffert and she is on the same Oaks trail as Plum Pretty who won the Oaks last year.  Martin Garcia was barely moving as he guided Princess Arabella to a gate to wire victory as everyother horse just tired out by the second turn.

Bob Baffert

We wish you a speeding recovery after the heart attack he had in Dubai resulting in surgery.  Like the champ he is though, he was still training his horses via telephone from his hospital bed.  ESPN is reporting he is out of the ICU and maybe out of the hospital as early as the 29th. 

Welcome to the Kentucky Derby DaddyNoseBest!!

Daddy Nose Best is a horse that I love.  I first saw him run on Traver's Day at Saratoga and I happened to be with my father who made it a point to let me know to bet on this horse, of course I didn't listen to him, because well what did he know about horseracing, I think I actually bet on Alex Solis and State Flag; and we all know what happened.  Daddy Nose Best ended up winning and paid out $10.60, while State Flag came in out of the money and in fifth place.  Obviously after the race, my father continued to tell me that I should always listen to him, because in fact "Daddy Nose Best".

Since that day, anytime I've seen this horse run, I put money on him just because, I never want me father to tell me he was right.  This plan back fired on me when Daddy Nose Best came in sixth in the Breeder's Cup Juvenile Turf.  Even though I lost money on him, there is just something about this horse that I love.  First of all he’s had 10 starts, and he is 4-2-1, he has won on turf and dirt, and this horse has shipped all over the country.  He is extremely versatile and I think he is a horse to be reckoned with.  Now, I really hope I am not eating my own words on Sunday, May 6th. 

On Sunday, March 25th, Daddy Nose Best earned himself enough graded stakes dollars to be in the starting gate that first Saturday in May, by winning the Grade III $800,000 Sunland Derby.  He was ridden by Julien Leparoux for Steve Asmussen.  The reason why they won this race is because they were the only one with their heads on straight.  Castaway and Ender Knievel were in a dueling 1-2 fight for most of the race, until they both tired out and Isn't He Clever tried desperately to get in on the action with them.  Isn't He Clever was able to stay on enough to get second place, a whopping 7 1/4 lengths in front of the rest of the pact.

DaddyNoseBest bankrolled $400,000 on graded stakes dollars, and with the $120,000 he won in the El Camino Real Derby and Golden Gate, he has enough money for Derby Day.

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ZENYATTA TO BE BRED TO ....

TAPIT

I'm not surprised and this is one hell of a sire.  Tapit is by Pulput (by A.P. Indy) and he is out of Tap Your Heels by Unbridled.

I would like to see Bernardini-Zenyatta vs. Tapit-Zenyatta Breeder's Cup Classic 2016

Uncle Mo's Heading to the Land Down Under...

According to the Coolmore website, Uncle Mo will be packing his bags and heading across the world to Australia to stand there for the 2012 season.  Zoffany who was trained by Aiden O'Brien and who finished second to Frankle in the St. James's Palace Stakes is headed there with Mo. 

Do you think Mike Repole is going to suffer from separation anxiety?