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almost april and the kty derby is coming fast... today the 800k sunland derby is offering 50/20/10/5 .. first four finishers gaining on a chance to make the first sat in may...full field of now 11 ,#7 kimbear was scratched.. go 1/1/8 in the race9 today at sunland park.. having bet only a handful of races in new mexico in my life ,i can preview this a bit and maybe take a stab much later in the day... it is the last of the 50 /20/10/5 races.. next week the fla derby and louisiana derby both for 1 mill are 100/40/20/10 pointers..that will be april 1st next sat. following will be four more of that magnitude. 3 races on april 8 and the ark derby april 15.. so the racing should be pretty good.. its a tricky time for growing 3 yr olds, looking at todays field we have 6 that are eligible for nw of two races, one maiden irap the 5 who has 8 points in standings.. only horse who has any in todays race.. the 1 shareholder value has won twice as a two yr old .was 5th in a muddy lecomte with a bump to go with a very wide break.. his 6th of 10 in the risen star he didnt appear to have an excuse.. today amoss put javier castellano on board in a last ditch effort to get to derby. they did team to win ohio deby last summer.. i kinda like him....to at least run better.. #2 hedge fund for pletcher and jose ortiz come off a maiden win at gulfstream, the super saver colt had castellano on board in that win.. #3bronze age for baffert and garcia,doesnt look like a real bb first stringer but its hard to doubt baffert.. he broke his maiden feb 18..#4 oxford lane ,for kenny mcpeek and richard eramia, 4-1-2-1 life.. i will use , a strong hunch mcpeek on the right path to a good summer, 2nd yesterday in spiral, 3 rumored to be enterd in blue grass and ark.. and this one today... certainly trying with some ok stock...5 irap a maiden for mario and doug o neill has faced some quality, should be near pace..6 dillittante nw of two in 9 tries, stevens and lukas will try anybody for a spot, check for meds and electrical devices..7 is out 8 wine and devine a sunland horse 10-1-6-0 life i know nothing about.. 9 hence ,asmussen runner was buzzing after a very green and troubled maiden win in hot springs ,got back to earth a bit in southwest, in a wide journey.. do like his future ,dont like the cowboy steve put on him today... more in a few.
