Derby 2009
peacerules
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Indygo Mt Entered On Thursday At The Fairgrounds In A Alw Race At One Mile .really Like This Colt Alot In The Future We Will See If He Likes 2 Turns.
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Hey Peacerules, let's make a head to head wager on this race, I like Friesan Fire and you are high on Indygo Mt., your in?
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from Bloodhorse:
In what has to be one of the strongest and deepest 2-year-old allowance fields ever assembled at Fair Grounds, nine juveniles will go to the post in Thursday’s one-mile test, several of whom have already excited fans with their dazzling performances.
The headliners are Indygo Mountain, the Bret Calhoun-trained son of A.P. Indy who demolished his opponents in a one-mile maiden event at Churchill Downs Nov. 19; stakes-placed Friesan Fire, whom trainer Larry Jones feels is one of the most promising young colt’s he’s ever had and who has been working lights out at Fair Grounds with the addition of blinkers; Doc’s Friend, another Jones-trained colt, who was third behind eventual Remsen (gr. II) winner Old Fashioned before breaking his maiden by 3 1/2 lengths; Map of the World, a Hennessy colt who broke his maiden at first asking at Keeneland before finishing third in a seven-furlong allowance race at Churchill in a swift 1:22 2/5; Uno Mas, a Steve Asmussen-trained son of Macho Uno, who dusted a maiden field by 4 1/4 lengths at Churchill Downs in his dirt debut; and the California invader Escalon, trained by Doug O’Neill, who finished third in the Cal Cup Juvenile and was beaten less than five lengths in both the Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) and Real Quiet Stakes.
Indygo Mountain, owned by Clarence Scharbauer of Alysheba fame, finished second over Keeneland’s Polytrack in his career debut before breaking his maiden in magnificent style by 6 1/2 lengths in 1:35 2/5 for the mile. Scharbauer purchased the colt at the Keeneland September yearling sale for $600,000.
Friesan Fire, who is coming off a bullet breeze in :47 flat, fastest of 89 works at the distance, has responded to blinkers in the morning after finishing third in the Futurity Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont and fourth in the Nashua Stakes (gr. III). Jones will equip the son of A.P. Indy with blinkers for the first time, feeling the colt’s tendency to goof off in the stretch in his last two races greatly compromised his chances.
Jones, who also trains the exciting Old Fashioned, has entered Doc’s Friend, a son of Friends Lake, who has never been out of the money in four starts, all at Delaware Park and all at six furlongs or shorter.
Uno Mas began his career with two seconds at Arlington before breaking poorly and finishing sixth at Keeneland. Sent to Fair Grounds, he made his dirt debut and won going away after splitting rivals in the stretch.
Also entered are Code of Honour, a 4 3/4-length maiden winner at Remington Park; Devil Approved It, who will be making his eighth start, breaking his maiden by 3 3/4 lengths at Presque Isle Downs four starts back; and Southern Anthem, a three-length maiden winner at Churchill for a $30,000 claiming tag.
I live on the Ms Gulf Coast.
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Incidentally, i got a chuckle when looking at Mike Watchmaker's column on the Derby in Wednesday's Racing Form. He refers to Indygo Mountain as being "under the radar".
NEW ORLEANS, La. A much-anticipated match up of highly regarded juveniles that was lost to a rare snow cancellation last week will be renewed Thursday at Fair GroundsVinery Stables Friesan Fire, third in Belmonts Grade II Futurity and fourth in Aqueducts Grade III Nashua in the fall, has been made the slight 8-5 morning line choice in Thursdays sixth race, a $44,000 one-mile allowance event that has attracted a field of six.Clarence Scharbauer Jr.s Indygo Mountain, who broke his maiden by 6 1/4 lengths when dominating rivals in a one-mile event at Churchill Downs Nov. 19, is the 9-5 early second choice Thursday.Friesan Fires trainer Larry Jones, who was presented with this years Big Sport of Turfdom award in Tucson, Ariz., last week, made a quick return trip to New Orleans well in advance of Thursdays event.
The affable Kentuckian, who is also the conditioner of recent Grade II Remsen winner Old Fashioned, saddled Eight Belles to finish second in last springs Kentucky Derby and Proud Spell to win last springs Kentucky Oaks after taking last winters Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks.Jockey Terry Thompson, 27, an Iowa native who is hanging his tack at Fair Grounds for the first time this winter, has been named to handle the reins on Friesan Fire, who worked a bullet half-mile in :47.00 breezing at Fair Grounds Dec. 7.Indygo Mountain is trained by Bret Calhoun, the only horseman to have saddled four winners on a single program at Fair Grounds this season.
The Texas native sent this son of A. P. Indy four furlongs in :49.40 over the local surface Dec. 3. Jamie Theriot, Fair Grounds leading rider a season ago, is slated for the saddle on Indygo Mountain, who was a $600,000 purchase at the Keeneland September sale in 2007.Calhoun also trains Silver City, a $700,000 purchase at that same sale for Scharbauer a fellow Texan who won the 1987 Kentucky Derby and Preakness with Alysheba.Completing Thursdays field (with jockeys) is Escalon, Pat Valenzuela; Code of Honor, Eddie Martin Jr.; Uno Mas, Shaun Bridgmohan, and Southern Anthem, James Graham.
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Scratched, we will never know.
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Today's Indygo Mountain development is exactly the reason why you should never take a short price on Derby futures, particularly this far out. I mean, what is he listed at right now, 25/1?
Don't get me wrong, there's still plenty of time for him to make the Derby, and perhaps it's a very small problem anyway. But you never know with these Derby-trail horses, they drop like flies every year. Always error on the side of caution when it comes to Derby futures...