Today's Kentucky Derby preps

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Some interesting races today on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Wagering on them might be another story as I haven't been swayed with a strong opinion in either race. Let's look at the race at Gulfstream first -

HOLY BULL S. (G3), 9TH-GP, $150,000, 3YO, 1M, 5:08 P.M. EST, 1-23
PP	HORSE	TRAINER	JOCKEY	WT
1	THANK U PHILIPPE	WOLFSON MARTIN D	CASTRO E	116
2	HOMEBOYKRIS	DUTROW RICHARD E	PRADO E S	122
3	LITIGATION RISK	VIOLETTE RICHARD JR	GARCIA A	116
4	PISCITELLI	SACCO RICHARD W	DESORMEAUX K J	116
5	WILLIAM'S KITTEN	MAKER MICHAEL J	LEPAROUX JULIEN	120
6	WINSLOW HOMER	DUTROW ANTHONY W	DOMINGUEZ R A	116
7	WILD LIME	TROMBETTA MICHAEL J	LEZCANO JOSE	116
8	AIKENITE	PLETCHER TODD A	VELAZQUEZ J R	116
9	JACKSON BEND	ZITO NICHOLAS P	ROSE J	120

It is just a building block kinda race so I would think three quarters of the field are only 75% cranked for this race. The race should set up with Thank U Philipe on the lead with Jackson Bend in close pursuit. Jackson Bend should shake free and hold off Homeboykris for the victory. Just looking for solid returns from Winslow Homer and William's Kitten as their real goal is the Fountain of Youth and this is a true prep for them.

Also today the LeComte stakes is being run at the Fair Grounds which drew a full field of evenly matched runners. Here we go -

LECOMTE S. (G3), 10TH-FG, $100,000, 3YO, 1M40Y, 4:43 P.M. CST, 1-23
PP	HORSE	TRAINER	JOCKEY	WT
1	MAXIMUS RULER	HANNA CLARK	TORRES F C	120
2	TURF MELODY	MOTION H GRAHAM	VALDIVIA J JR	122
3	WORLDLY	MCGEE PAUL	ALBARADO R J	116
4	DEPAUL	ASMUSSEN STEVEN M	SELLERS S J	116
5	CITRUS KID	TERRANOVA JOHN P II	MENA M	122
6	CALLIDE VALLEY	KENNEALLY EDDIE	LANERIE C J	120
7	B'WANAGOLDMINE	PISH DANNY	MARTIN E M JR	120
8	LETSGETITONMON	ASMUSSEN STEVEN M	BRIDGMOHAN S X	116
9	COOL BULLET	MARGOLIS STEPHEN R	HERNANDEZ B J J	122
10	ROCK HARD	BARNETT BOBBY C	THERIOT H J II	118
11	RON THE GREEK	AMOSS THOMAS F	GRAHAM J	116

This race could very well produce some nice 3 yr olds once April rolls around. But today I see Cool Bullet making the lead from the outside with Citrus Kid in close pursuit. Off the far turn Citrus Kid should be opening up on the field with the only challenge coming late from Maximus Ruler and Ron the Greek.

Jack's Derby Dozen will be updated to list #4 after this weekends contests. One of my top choices Take Control has dropped off the trail. Nice for Bullet Bob Baffert to say he was his Travers horse and I'll get to see this amazing colt three feet away walking the paddock at Saratoga.

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