Race of the Day Arkansas Derby Race 11 - 4/15/17

Gravy · Apr 14, 2017

Well I thought bringing back the Race of the Day thread went ok last Saturday so Im bring it back again for the last major prep race to get into the Kentucky Derby.Here are the entries for the race

[FONT=&quot]11th Race - Oaklawn Park - Saturday, April 15th, 2017[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

STAKES. 1 1/8 Mile Dirt. Purse $1,000,000. Arkansas Derby (Grade 1). THREE YEAR OLDS. By subscription of $500 which shall accompany the nomination, original nominators paying $7,500 to pass the entry box and $7,500 additional to start. Supplementary nominations may be made by the closing time of entries at a fee of $25,000 which qualifies to start with $1,000,000 Guaranteed of which 60% to the owner of the winner. 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% to be divided equally between remaining starters. WEIGHTS: Colts and Geldings 122 lbs.; Fillies117 lbs. Non-winners of a Sweepstakes allowed 4 lbs. In Allowance Stakes starting preference will be given to horses that have accumulated the highest earnings. Starters to be named through the entry box by the usual time of closing. The Owner of thewinner to recieve a trophy. Early Bird closing Friday, February 10, 2017 at $750 for The Southwest, The Rebel and The Arkansas Derby. Certain finishing postions in this race will earn points to qualify for the 2016 Kentucky Derby, pursuant to the official rules for the Road to the Kentucky Derby published by Churchill Downs Incorporated. Nominations closed Friday, March 31, 2017 with 60 nominees. (06:18 PM) (12)

PP	Horse	A/S	M/E	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer
1	Rockin Rudy	3 C	L o	118	Gutierrez Mario	O'Neill Doug F.
2	Classic Empire	3 C	L	122	Leparoux Julien R.	Casse Mark E.
3	Silver Dust	3 C	L b	118	Lanerie Corey J.	Morse Randy L.
4	Petrov	3 C	L	118	Santana, Jr. Ricardo	Moquett Ron
5	Grandpa's Dream	3 C	L	118	Canchari Alex L.	Hartman Chris A.
6	Lookin At Lee	3 C	L	122	Contreras Luis	Asmussen Steven M.
7	Sonneteer	3 C	L	118	Desormeaux Kent J.	Desormeaux J. Keith
8	Rowdy The Warrior	3 C	L	118	Quinonez Luis S.	Von Hemel Donnie K.
9	Untrapped	3 C	L b	118	Smith Mike E.	Asmussen Steven M.
10	One Dreamy Dude	3 C	L o	118	Franco Geovanni	Van Berg Jack C.
11	Conquest Mo Money	3 C	L	122	Carreno Jorge	Hernandez Miguel L.
12	Malagacy	3 C	L	122	Castellano Javier	Pletcher Todd A.

Gravy · Apr 14, 2017

Please share your thoughts on the race and here is the link for the PP's for this race

https://downthestretchs.com/

go to Race 11 for the race

Michelangelo · Apr 15, 2017

Where are everybody's thoughts on this race? C'mon guys. We have some sharp horse guys here. At least post your pick on this thread. I'll be back with mine.

Gravy · Apr 15, 2017

Well Im about to head to the track and this race is interesting to say the least and I like 3 horses today in this race which are the following:

#1 Rocking Ruby - This horse will set the pace and play catch me if you can

#9 Untrapped - Like the Jockey switch to Mike Smith could factor late

#12 Malagacy - Just need the horse to keep near the pace and show his kick at the end

I dont like Classic Empire today something is up with this horse you can keep him at the 8/5 price he beats me he beats me

Here are my plays

1 Exacta 1/ 2 4 7 9 11 12

.50 Tri

1 9 12 / 1 2 4 7 9 11 12 / 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12

Win bet on #1 and #9

BOL to everybody today and will chime in latter on how everybody did

Michelangelo · Apr 15, 2017

I'm gonna key two horses today. I know. That's a no no. Can't do that often and expect to make money. But I'm doing it today because each fits into one of my favorite angles. And one is 15-1 ML and the other is 12-1 ML.

#11 Conquest Mo Money ML 15-1

This horse comes out of the same race as the longshot I scored with last week in the Bluegrass at Keenland. Except where Irap ran 6th in that race, Mo Money ran second. Like Irap, he is the only horse to have run at today's challenging distance of 1 1/8 miles. And like I said last week that race was run at a very fast 1:48. Mo Money was undefeated before finishing second in the SunDerby. He's capable and I'm expecting a strong showing from him today.

#1 Rockin Rudy ML 12-1

This horse fits my always dangerous "speed alone" angle. And he is breaking from the #1 hole which should allow him a rail hugging, no trouble, trip throughout if he so chooses. He is coming off two turf race seconds which look to me to be prep races for today's big race. In his only dirt race he won by an easy 11 lengths, albeit at an abbreviated distance of 5 1/2 furlongs. Not sure he has the stamina to get today's distance but his breeding says he does as his granddaddy was Unbridled's Song. If they let this horse loose on the front end, if he can rate, and if he can get the distance (a lot of if's) he will win. If. Oh yea, remember who saddled my horse, Irap, from the Bluegrass last week? Yep. Doug O'Neill. Same trainer again shipping in from Cali.

Of you want to mix those guys up, I'll be using them in tris and exactas and supers with:

#2 Clasis Empire
#3 Silver Dust
#12 Malagacy

And of course each other.

Good luck.

G.MONEY · Apr 15, 2017

1,7,9 Box and

9 W+P

wabashwonders · Apr 15, 2017

#6 Lookin at Lee WP

Saddlesore · Apr 15, 2017

Well Done Michelangelo you have won the Arkansas Derby cheersgifExacta paid 100.20....Shame that the 11 couldn't win but rest assured the horse gave everything it had down the home stretch probably ran a better ran then the 2 horse. Congratulations

Gravy · Apr 16, 2017

Michelangelo said:
I'm gonna key two horses today. I know. That's a no no. Can't do that often and expect to make money. But I'm doing it today because each fits into one of my favorite angles. And one is 15-1 ML and the other is 12-1 ML.

#11 Conquest Mo Money ML 15-1

This horse comes out of the same race as the longshot I scored with last week in the Bluegrass at Keenland. Except where Irap ran 6th in that race, Mo Money ran second. Like Irap, he is the only horse to have run at today's challenging distance of 1 1/8 miles. And like I said last week that race was run at a very fast 1:48. Mo Money was undefeated before finishing second in the SunDerby. He's capable and I'm expecting a strong showing from him today.

#1 Rockin Rudy ML 12-1

This horse fits my always dangerous "speed alone" angle. And he is breaking from the #1 hole which should allow him a rail hugging, no trouble, trip throughout if he so chooses. He is coming off two turf race seconds which look to me to be prep races for today's big race. In his only dirt race he won by an easy 11 lengths, albeit at an abbreviated distance of 5 1/2 furlongs. Not sure he has the stamina to get today's distance but his breeding says he does as his granddaddy was Unbridled's Song. If they let this horse loose on the front end, if he can rate, and if he can get the distance (a lot of if's) he will win. If. Oh yea, remember who saddled my horse, Irap, from the Bluegrass last week? Yep. Doug O'Neill. Same trainer again shipping in from Cali.

Of you want to mix those guys up, I'll be using them in tris and exactas and supers with:

#2 Clasis Empire
#3 Silver Dust
#12 Malagacy

And of course each other.

Good luck.

Congrats on hitting the exacta

Michelangelo · Apr 16, 2017

Thanks guys. Spread my money out too much. Made just a little.

But the beauty of horse racing was watching that 17-1 horse repel all comers and surge away each time 'till the fav finally got him just before the wire. Heck the caller kept calling other horses taking the lead when the #11 Conquest Mo Money just kept overtaking them. It's amazing that he had anything left at the end. Love horses like that.