Well Defined feeling fine for Tampa Bay Derby
On Saturday, Kathleen O'Connell will saddle Well Defined as a major contender in the Grade 2, $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby.
Marty McGeeMar 06, 2019
On Saturday, Kathleen O'Connell will saddle Well Defined as a major contender in the Grade 2, $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby.
With the Kentucky Derby now less than nine weeks away, the picture is in constant motion, with prep races unfolding – the race against the calendar to acquire points getting added pressure from schedule changes in California – and hopefuls being asked to step up at longer distances. In this swirl of activity, one of those to take a major step up was Code of Honor, whose improved performance in winning the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes last weekend at Gulfstream Park drove his odds down to 12-1 from 30-1 on the latest edition of the Derby Watch line set by Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form's national handicapper.
Haikal, Roadster, and Win Win Win are the three newcomers to this week's Derby Watch top 20. Roadster made the biggest impact, with a sharp allowance win at Santa Anita following a lengthy layoff. He is 20-1 on the line set by Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form's national handicapper.
Kentucky Derby prep analysis: Fountain of Youth
Ten new names are in the lineup for Pool 3 of the 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens Friday at noon Eastern for the customary three-day run.
Global Campaign had a big excuse for his fifth-place finish under Luis Saez in the Fountain of Youth, one that will put an end to his Kentucky Derby dreams.
Hidden Scroll remains on the Kentucky Derby trail, Mucho is off it, and Country House will make his next start in the Louisiana Derby, trainer Bill Mott said Monday as he evaluated a weekend where two of those horses ran and one worked.
San Felipe Stakes, Easy Shot, Keith Desormeaux, Calumet Farm
Some people might have been troubled by Signalman's seventh-place finish in Saturday's Grade 2 Fountain of Youth, but his trainer Ken McPeek wasn't one of them.
If ever a race lent credence to the old sports saying credited to coach Lou Holtz that, “You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose,” it was Saturday’s Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream.