Oh I'm sure it happened lol.

I think sometimes you just have to draw a line thru a race.  CC was coming off a new top and was on a short turnaround.  He wasn’t really going that fast when he started backing up and probably would have won going away if he hadn’t stopped (see the final time).  He’s faced pressure in races before.  Maybe he didn’t like the track?  Just didn’t feel like racing?  The jock didn’t urge him on at all.  They already had plenty of points so there was no reason to press the issue in case something was wrong and it certainly looked like something was wrong.  Maybe the owners are now simply trying to boost his breeding resume but I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt for now.  

Irad drew some lines across some of those races as well.  Looks like two with jocks still TBD,     Javier has no mount but has never done well in the KD a 3rd at best I believe.  Trying to think what is out there,  I don't know who may be injured, don't see Santana with a mount, Paco,  G Saez, Victor, Calvin, just throwing out names who have ridden before...  I would like to see Bechizza  get a shot.  Tawny Port and Early Voting currently without mounts

Meanwhile, Zandon is moving down my list a couple spots (3 to 5/6) while he is moving up on everyone elses

Oldbettowin said...

I think sometimes you just have to draw a line thru a race.  CC was coming off a new top and was on a short turnaround.  He wasn’t really going that fast when he started backing up and probably would have won going away if he hadn’t stopped (see the final time).  He’s faced pressure in races before.  Maybe he didn’t like the track?  Just didn’t feel like racing?  The jock didn’t urge him on at all.  They already had plenty of points so there was no reason to press the issue in case something was wrong and it certainly looked like something was wrong.  Maybe the owners are now simply trying to boost his breeding resume but I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt for now.

I agree with this, I should have said I was being mildly sarcastic, too.   I will never judge any horse on ONE race.  They aren't machines.   I actually added him back in 

In how many Derbies?

On paper one is favorite and one could quit running  in USA with foreign jock 

Which at this point looks anyone can jump up on this thing.

Foreign Jock ?

He could stay in the gate, Cut off, bumped bolt, run wide, hit by a whip etc, jock dumped

pedigree query site put in any derby horse name click on reports, select stakes races ,click on kentucky derby

the list has every derby race Mandaloun 2021 listed 1st at the top, click on his name , it will show Sire In To Mischief

Empire Maker BMSire  it will show Storm Cat Sire Line for Into Mischief, Empire Maker Has Fappiano Sire Line

Thus Storm Cat/ Fappiano Sirelines a Derbt winning Nick, Authentic Is Next Storm Cat/  Mr P.

I listed the Nicks that has won at least one derby race entered, You can go thru and count how many

of each, It just an angle that won a derby entered this year.  Or You can go to the Site  triplecrownproject info Every horse

entered in any TC race is indexed for all 3 races each race listed in the order they came in back to the first race.