Kentucky Oaks
kingoftherapid
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This field deserves its own thread.
I think i have officially fallen in love with midnight lucky. can she beat dreaming of julia?
I think i have officially fallen in love with midnight lucky. can she beat dreaming of julia?
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I'm sure we're all aware I love this filly, she been beating Baffert (who isn't gonna have a Derby horse?) colts every morning. I never saw a "cent" of the Sunland money I won, but we didn't expect it, and I almost felt guilty anyways.
In regards to the Oaks, it's an amazing race. DOJ will have to prove it at CD to me, but she's a monster regardless. I'm partial to Lucky too, because I ended up with $50 @ 16-1 as a novelty bet on her. We're in for a show regardless.
Midnight Lucky 428 - YouTube
The gallop out 6 wide is unreal. Stay healthy baby.
Work of the day
Midnight Lucky (five furlongs in 59.04 seconds) will compete in the Oaks but she surely would have garnered plenty of consideration had she been running against the boys on Derby Day following what was arguably the most impressive workout from either an Oaks or Derby contender here this past week. Midnight Lucky, with exercise rider Dana Barnes up, broke off at the 4 1/2-furlong pole about four lengths behind Code West and cruised through an easy opening quarter in 24.42 and three-eighths in 36.36. Despite fanning about five or six paths wide leaving the turn, Midnight Lucky readily moved closer to her partner upon settling into the stretch before finally drawing even approaching the eighth pole while seemingly doing little more than galloping at that point. She then covered her final quarter in an eye-catching 22.67, which was all the more impressive considering she still appeared to be merely loping along past the wire and into the turn. Midnight Lucky held a half-length advantage over Code West when the pair completed their drill at the 7 ½-furlong marker and maintained that advantage during a strong gallop out, getting six furlongs in 1:11.92 before pulling up seven-eighths in 1:25.39. Although her final clocking may have been abetted by a fresh and fast racetrack, it was the visual perception and not the time which made Midnight Luckys performance this morning so impressive while re-enforcing the huge impression she made working here in very similar if not quite as spectacular fashion six days earlier.
I don't give a fuck if that was on the tarmac at LAX, she went 20 to 30 yards further, and was in a canter. I'm blown away right now.
Looking for off the pace gals here. Dreaming of Julia can and will bounce, but she looks like the filly to beat for sure.
If so---do not leave ROSE TO GOLD out of your action!
Subject to change, but I will use a tri box with DOJ. RTG, UB, and the lone Baffert runner!
If RTG gets there first, it will be huge, if not it might pay $64.00????