Apparently second place Brigand lost a shoe during the race, according to trainer Bob Baffert.Ĭalifornia Flag, winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, kicked off his 8-year-old campaign with a win in the Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes ( chart) at Santa Anita. In a post-race interview trainer Mike Hushion said that they would look to stretch him out again. Apparently they were the only ones not surprised by the win with the exception of Ed DeRosa, Director of Marketing for, who touted him before the race! In the Grade 2 Jerome Stakes ( chart) at Aqueduct The Lumber Guy made the most of his return to 7-furlongs, taking the field wire to wire. According to trainer Wesley Ward in the post-race interview (video, interview starts about 1:45), the Bellamy Road gelding has flourished since arriving at Keeneland from California and jockey Julio Garcia said he’s been great in the morning. On Saturday All Squared Away pulled a stunning 71-1 upset in the Grade 3 Lexington Stakes ( chart) for his new connections. Kathmanblu was also making her first start of the year. Nothing specific is picked out for yet for the victress but according to trainer Chad Brown she’ll go back to her home base of New York and they’ll “see what’s there for her.” On Friday Pachattack dueled with Kathmanblu to win the Grade 3 Doubledogdare Stakes ( chart) in her first race since her third place finish the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic ( chart). Keeneland saw much of last week’s stakes action starting on Thursday when Dayatthespa brought her 2012 record to 3-3 in the Grade 3 Appalachian Stakes ( chart). But it could have been a lot better.It was a quiet weekend on the 2012 Kentucky Derby front but Wise Dan closed out the weekend with a win that reminded everyone that the Kentucky Derby isn’t the only game in town. Fortunately I still had $20W on AK and a $5 exacta box of who I thought were the best longshot closers (1-2-16-19) thinking all front runners should get cooked so it was a good day. I can't recall if it was Welsch's report specifically that swayed me but I did read it more than once. In other words I got off Nehro and onto Arch3 and it cost me a cool $1,000. So I switched one of my $6 exact boxes from 16-17-19 to 1-16-17. But around 2:00am as I was scouring every last minutia of information I became focused on the general opinion that Nehro's works did not look very good. Late friday night I was all set with my bets which were keyed around Soldat and AK equally. I am generally of the opinion (like many others) that feels the winner typically works well leading up to the race. I've been 'capping the Derby for 30 years and have had a lot of good scores though I've missed the last five until this year. Just to give you all a case in point, the morning work "opinions" can work for you and against you. Now using that information was extremely helpful in creating winning tri and super tickets. If you go back and look, be honest, and give credit where it's due solely on what he said horses looked like while working, he said Animal Kingdom and Shackleford were the best. The point is that he's not wrong or right. He said Soldat liked the cool air and tended to get hot (as in Florida). I know he makes a pick and this year it was Soldat, but he didn't have much to say about Soldat in comparison to horses like AK, Shackleford and maybe Dialed In (but he was reserved about his stride and energy). The key is to use your own handicapping skills in conjunction with Welsch's reports. Maybe you should read what he was saying about Uncle Mo.his overall record on the derby and the breeders cup has been poor. maybe one of the 10 or 12 hosses he says are working well have won the derby on occasion, but generally he's wrong. He's a cool guy, but if you base your opinion on his workout opinions as a whole, his hosses usually run lousy.
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