We stay in Louisville, Kentucky this Saturday as we gear up for the Kentucky Derby. Steve Asmussen saddles Epicenter which could go off favourite but Chad Brown’s Zandon & Tim Yakteen’s Taiba closely follows. There are once again 7 graded races (4 grade 1’s!) on a monstrous 14-race-card, which includes the for mentioned Kentucky Derby, Derby City Distaff, Churchill Down & Turf Classic Stakes.
TV Coverage in the United Kingdom…
Sky Sports Racing are scheduled to show the graded action.
First Race is at 15:30(UK), last race 01:30(UK).
I always/most of the time pick four horses per race that I think will run respectively, Well good enough to place/show at least. Here will be no different, Hopefully we’ll find a few winners & at decent prices too!
(Yesterday here at Churchill Downs, we had 3 winners & 5 places. Imogene Malvina 9.0, Bleecker Street 2.0, Olympiad 1.9 won & Idiomatic 3.0, Misread 5.5, Hendy Woods 8.5, Mckulick 3.25, Ontheonesandtwos 6.0 placed.)
Below you’ll find my 1-2-3-4’s for all ten races, Obviously my first pick will be the #1 choice with the #2 horse the main danger. Both #3 & #4 selections are back-ups for the #1 & #2 choices respectively…
Race 1 – 15:30(UK) – Maiden Special Weight (dirt)
#1 (7) Warrior Johny
#2 (8) Papa Rocket
#3 (14) Gasoline
#4 (4) Sargent Lee
Race 2 – 16:01(UK) – Allowance Optional Claiming (dirt
#1 (9) Micky From Wexford
#2 (10) Buckingham Prince
#3 (2) Stayed In For Half
#4 (6) Great Escape
Race 3 – 16:31(UK) – Allowance (turf)
#1 (9) Queen Bourbon
#2 (4) Stepper
#3 (7) Final Belle
#4 (2) Community Adjusted
Race 4 – 17:04(UK) – Allowance Optional Claiming (dirt)
#1 (15) Varatti
#2 (14) Red Knobs
#3 (6) Creative Minister
#4 (3) Leslie Chow
Race 5 – 17:36(UK) – Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2)(turf)
#1 (7) In Italian
#2 (5) Wakanaka
#3 (1) She Can’t Sing
#4 (4) Abscond
Race 6 – 18:14(UK) – Knicks Go Overnight S. (dirt)
#1 (8) Injunction
#2 (11) Necker Island
#3 (6) Perfect Speighty
#4 (10) Major Fed
Race 7 – 18:56(UK) – Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2)(dirt)
#1 (5) Jack Christopher
#2 (2) Trademark
#3 (11) My Prankster
#4 (9) Trafalgar
Race 8 – 19:48(UK) – Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1)(dirt)
#1 (2) Just One Time
#2 (8) Four Graces
#3 (4) Kimari
#4 (6) Bell’s The One
Race 9 – 20:40(UK) – American Turf Stakes (G2)(turf)
#1 (3) Red Run
#2 (6) Portfolio Company
#3 (7) Sy Dog
#4 (9) Stolen Base
Race 10 – 21:31(UK) – Churchill Downs Stakes (G1)(dirt)
#1 (3) Jackie’s Warrior
#2 (2) Long Range Toddy
#3 (1) Aloha West
#4 (4) Sir Alfred James
Race 11 – 22:27(UK) – Turf Classic Stakes (G1)(turf)
#1 (6) Shirl’s Speight
#2 (9) Kentucky Ghost
#3 (5) Mira Mission
#4 (2) Bizzee Channel
Race 12 – 23:57(UK) – Kentucky Derby (G1)(dirt)
#1 (12) Taiba
#2 (20) Ethereal Road
#3 (7) Crown Pride
#4 (21) Rich Strike
Race 13 – 00:55(UK) – Allowance Optional Claiming (dirt)
#1 (4) Rising Empire
#2 (3) Life Is Hard
#3 (14) Payne
#4 (8) Starringinmydreams
Race 14 – 01:30(UK) – Maiden Special Weight (dirt)
#1 (9) Master Game
#2 (4) Top Of The Charts
#3 (12) Bourbon Heist
#4 (11) Strobe
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David Burgess 2022
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