Indian Express????

[Skanoochies]

Valuist , What is Baffert to do with horse? Take him to the big race on workouts alone? Doesn`t seem like much of a foundation having one sprint and one 1 1/8 race to be ready to go 1 1/4. Never the less I for one am looking forward to see this guy run again. I was some impressed. Oh , and one more thing, he has made less than $200,000 so if there happened to be an overflow field, he probably would`nt get in anyway.

Just a few thoughts on a friday morning.

Have a good day, Skanoochies.

 

[Valuist]

You're right. With a likely field of 20, he's probably too low on graded earnings to get in. The foundation is probably insufficient, with too few races. I was thinking that there may not be an abundance of speed in the Derby. Trust N Luck, the pacesetter of both the Fountain of Youth and Fla Derby is out and the contenders seem to be either pressers, stalkers or closers. I guess Empire Maker won't be too far back. Indian Express would be a definite threat to wire if he was in the race. The horse he dueled in the SA Derby (Ocean Terrace) won't be at Churchill. We'll know a lot more by Saturday night, after the Blue Grass, Wood and Arkansas Derby have been run. And lets not forget the Lexington, which was won in the past by Charismatic and Risen Star. But getting back to Baffert, does he just send Kafwain then? I suppose if Senor Swinger runs big in the Wood he may send him. Maybe he'll hold Indian Express out until the Preakness.