10 Horses to Win the Derby or Oaks

Let’s forget about price, and just pick my top 10 contenders to win next year’s classic 3 yr old races:

1. #48 – c – Violence out of a LDK mare and a multiple G2 winning 2nd dam. I would go to $250,000, will West Point or Eclipse? Worked 9.4
2. #41 – f – American Freedom, a grandson of AP Indy. is not a horse you expect to work fast. 9.4 is very good for this filly. 2nd dam is multiple G1 winner Lakeway. Let’s go to $200,000.
3. #531 – c – Gormley out of Storm Cat mare. Here the attraction is the 2nd dam a $1 million winner by Dynaformer. Let’s go to $200,000. Worked 9.4
4. #107 – c – Curlin, out of a Dynaformer mare, only worked 21.0, but that is to be expected. Let’s go to $400,000
5. #206 – f – Nyquist, but the female side adds AP Indy and El Prado. Might have to go $300,000. 9.4 work.
6. #49 – f – Practical Joke, but with a LDK mare mare that won $240,000. The best 10.0 work. Might need to go $200,000
7. #344 – f – Midnight Storm from a Holly Bull mare should not work 9.4, but she did. maybe up to $150,000 here.
8. #439 – f – Blame is under the radar. The dam adds Street Cry and AP Indy to a 9.4 work. Not more than $150,000
9. #503 – c- Connect was a little disappointing, but this one went 10.0 and the 2nd dam is a nice Silver Hawk. Up to $150,000
10. #178 – c – Midshipman is the underdog is this group. A fast 20.4 work might make me pay up to $150,000.