St.Louis Derby starting to take shape

[stlseeeek]

with 2 days still for entries, some namely entries:


lawyer ron
steppenwolfer
flashy bull
storm treasure
lewis michael
casino evil
more than regal


holthus is pointing to st.louis derby, then to super derby.


this 1st year race is looking promising.

[stlseeeek]

http://www.drf.com/news/article/77604.html (lawyerroninforderby)

[kenwoodallpromos]

Besides the $$, any other good reason this race has so many entries?

[Bubbles]

So the 3YO's have an alternative to facing Bernardini and Bluegrass Cat in the Travers. They still go a solid distance, it's against their own age group, and it acts as a prep for the Super Derby in some cases.

[stlseeeek]

Besides the $$, any other good reason this race has so many entries?

easy to ship from ky,ark,la, etc

good race to get ready for the big ones

good money

lawyer who gave $ for race knows many in racing buisness, and has connections and is friends to many who entered.

Why not run at fp for 250K to me, its assanine if you run at a big track for 100K, while passing up an opp to run against a good field of 3yo's for more money.i'm not a circle jerk for the big tracks, been to them, who gives a fluck. It's a track, not lincoln monument.

[Valuist]

You can make the case that its better than the Arkansas Derby, with Lawyer Ron and Steppenwolfer again meeting and toss in Iowa Derby winner More than Regal, Peter Pan runnerup Lewis Michael and Flashy Bull, who's been on the board in several big races.

[stlseeeek]

full field of 12

1.smokeyjonessutton mena
2.sweet grass creek hernandez
3.general darby a.velasquez
4.lawyer ron Mckee
5.more than regal bridgmohan
6.lewis michael r.douglas
7.cielo gold b.hernandez
8.like an eagle c.marquez
9.casino evil torres
10.Kid lemonade s.elliot
11.starspangled gator lanerie
12.follow the storm k.clark


i think a nice full field. definately a nice quality field for a 1st time race. bravo to Fairmount Park and The Lawyer who put the 250K up for race.

[stlseeeek]

#2 and #10 have scratched, no suprise, they were both overmatched.


race on tvg at 10:40ish(central)

the circle s race is on tvg also at 9:40(cenbtral)



kinda disappointed in the trainers for not filling all the races with 9-10 horses.The owner of fp has been raising purses on $ that might never come from the casinos, and the least they could do, is fill the races to the tee on their big night.

[BIG49010]

Easy ship, you ever drive from Chicago to Fairmont Park, easy my ass!

I loved a horse there, before simulcasting, it was a loooooooong ride, lucky for me he won, so the ride home wasn't so bad. Oh to be young and stupid again!

Too bad this race goes after my bedtime tonight!

[stlseeeek]

fiarmount to chicago is easy(I-55 all the way)


i made the trek 2 weeks ago to arlington for million from stl. only problem, was they were fixing the bridge in joliet, 35minute traffic jam, but rest was a piece of cake.



i will never drive to rush street ever again, what a trainwreck, the cabbies are clowns and drive like them. cab ride next time for me.

[GaryG]

i will never drive to rush street ever again, what a trainwreck, the cabbies are clowns and drive like them. cab ride next time for me.Last time I was there the cabbies all spoke arabic and drove on the sidewalk.