Kentucky Derby Challenge 2006

[stickyfingers]

<p>Time to pony up for the 2006 Road to the Roses challenge----www.roadtotheroses.com<br /><br />You have to pick 10 horses, 2 jockeys and 2 trainers to start.&nbsp; Prizes are on above website<br /><br /><br />Last year I finished pretty lousy myself but my best gal's stable finished 4th in the nation.&nbsp; <br />&gt;http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/viewmessages.cfm/Forum/82/Topic/43952/page/Kentucky_Derby_Challenge_2005.htm<br /><br />This year is wide open but I will give you some of the professional handicapper's top picks in accordance with thier trainer:<br /><br />Pletcher:<br />1)&nbsp; Bluegrass Cat<br />2)&nbsp; High Cotton<br />3)&nbsp; My Golden Song<br />4)&nbsp; Half Ours<br />5)&nbsp; Wait awhile<br />6)&nbsp; Keyed Entry<br /><br />#1 is the best of the bunch right now and Pletcher usually uses John R Velazquez to ride his mounts.<br /><br />Bob Baffert:<br />1)&nbsp; Bob and John<br />2)&nbsp; Point Determined<br />3)&nbsp; Point of Impact<br />4)&nbsp; Royal Legacy<br />5)&nbsp; Sky Diving<br />6)&nbsp; Sinister Minister<br />7)&nbsp; Too Much Bling<br /><br />Baffert has a slew of horses, again #1 is the best of the bunch<br /><br />Zito:<br /><br />1)&nbsp; Superfly <br />2)&nbsp; Little Cliff<br />3)&nbsp; Major Tom<br />4)&nbsp; Doc Cheney<br />5)&nbsp; Hesanoldsalt<br /><br />Zito is sure to have more contenders when all is said and done...these are his best right now<br /><br />Holthus:<br /><br />1)&nbsp; Lawyer Ron (my choice to make a surprise run at the crown)<br /><br />Asmussen:<br /><br />1)&nbsp; Private Vow<br />2)&nbsp; Doctor Dechard<br />3)&nbsp; Itsallaboutthechase<br /><br />Asmussen is a strong trainer, none of these especially #1 would suprise me<br /><br />Other contenders:<br /><br />-First Samurai (brothers trains)<br />-Brother Derek (Hendricks trains)<br />-Barbaro (Matz trains)<br />-Barbican and A.P. Warrior (Harty trains)<br /></p>

[mendyweiss]

<p>Some potentially good horses. Keep an eye out for Barbaro, he is a versatile colt who can go on turf or grass. </p>

[AppleBoy]

<p><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">My Stable: Road Apples</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">My Horses: </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">A.P. Warrior, </font></span><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Achilles of </span><span style="font-size: 8pt">Troy, </span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Bluegrass</span><span style="font-size: 8pt"> Cat, </span></font><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Brother Derek, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Devil&rsquo;s Concierge, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">First Samurai, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">High Cotton, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Lawyer Ron, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Private Vow, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Your Tent Or Mine</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">My Jockeys: </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Garrett Gomez, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Richard Migliore</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">My Trainers: </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Bobby Frankel, </font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Todd Pletcher</font></span></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by AppleBoy on 2-10-06 @ 3:48 PM</span>

[AppleBoy]

I had 6 horses running yesterday and the horse that I decided to leave inactive was A.P. Warrior.&nbsp; Dammit.