High Five / Low Five
Low Five!
The Santa Anita Derby and probably the Kentucky Derby lost major contender Life Is Good when he returned “off” from a work Saturday morning according to trainer Bob Baffert. Bummer.
High Five!
High Five Hot Rod Charlie and all his connections for a nice Gate to Wire win under a heady ride from Joel Rosario to take the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby and put himself in the Kentucky Derby picture. I’ll Have Another and Nyquist both say don’t under estimate this barn in the Run for the Roses!
High Five!
High Five jockey Deshawn Parker on winning the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award.
High Five!
High Five Flavien Prat, six in a row at Santa Anita. Almost a card sweep. High Five Concert Tour, Bob Baffert and all the connections. The easiest of wins in the Rebel. Concert Tour stamped himself as the main danger at this early stage to stablemate Life Is Good in the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May.
High Five!
Life Is Good! High Five to all the connections. He simply dominated the San Felipe and solidified his position at the head of the Kentucky Derby class.
Low Five!
Low Five to Alexander Crispin. You won the Eclipse Award. make sure the lead stays in the saddle!!!!! Low Five Laurel!!! You should have caught this immediately!
Low Five!
We are not sure what the Gulfstream Park stewards saw that prompted them to disqualify Spanish Loveaffair in the Herecomesthebride Stakes. many did see it however. While we thought it was a horrible call, we acknowledge many agreed with it. We need a better system and it is not this category 1 or 2 subjective nonsense.
High Five!
HIGH FIVES to Greatest Honour and Essential Quality and all their connections. Greatest Honour has put Shug back on the Kentucky Derby trail in a big way with an impressive off the pace win in the Fountain of Youth. Essential Quality ran away with the Southwest and the two-year old champ and Breeders’ Cup winner remains at the head of the class for Godolphin. Honorable mention to Collaborate who ran off the screen in a maiden special weight race at Gulfstream.
High Five!
Nice jobs at Gulfstream Park and Oaklawn Park with beautiful Fountain of Youth and Southwest Stakes cards. Let’s see how these three-year olds sort themselves out. Lots of stakes action today!