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Stay Thirsty is your 2011 Derby winner. You're welcome.

I like Boys at Tosconova. His dam (Little Bonnet) was 3rd in the 1 1/8 mile Sands Point and 5th in the 1 1/2 CC American Oaks. Officer will give the speed and hopefully the dam provides the stamina.

I think Stay Thirsty has a future !! I'd like to see him in the Hopeful ! Nice pedigree too! His ninth dam Masda was a full sister to Man O' War !

Ian , By the way , When is your next question ? My brain misses the torture :)

Ninth dam?!!! What if I'm related to George Washington? Does that make me a presidential candidate?

Uncle Mo

Reports suggest that Boys At Tosconova was purchased (as a yearling) purely on his looks (without much, if any, pedigree consideration). Had I been there (wish I had), he would have been among the few to single out for inspection-purely due to his pedigree. Well, recent articles now indicate that this horse is a real looker. Should this be true, then I'd have to say there's a reasonably good chance that "Boys" may be the best stallion prospect running, anywhere. Bold statement, I know, but with his already apparent great ability, likely good looks, and a good-enough and much needed pedigree profile, this is an extremely desirable stallion in the making. I haven't felt this strongly about one since Unbridled's Song or Indian Charlie. I'd probably breed to him now, even if he never ran again. I've followed his tail-female for seven generations (back to the days of What's New's-"New Act"). This old Greentree family is the real deal, and Boy's descends consistently from among its best representatives. He's a better prospect (pedigree-wise, etc.) than was his sire Officer (who's good enough), and the 3x In Reality linebreeding is an added plus. Just the sort we need here in our stallion ranks. I say all this because I want others to get excited about him---want to support him (as a stallion)-so that there'll be less chance that we'll lose him (as his present owners might later be concerned that his pedigree is insufficient to receive adequate support). I think this guy is the real deal.  

Following up on Sceptre's analysis, I'll add that Boys at Tosconova has a promising damsire.  Coronado's Quest was a great steal for Japan's breeding program in 2004 (and a terrible loss two years later at a young age). From only five U.S. crops he's already represented as damsire by Kodiak Kowboy (whose first crop are weanlings of 2010) and grade I-winning filly Mani Bhavan.  And those three lines of In Reality aren't random: they come (through the two damsires and the sire line) from In Reality himself and his two most successful stallion sons. He wasn't on my radar especially, but I'll be watching now.

Well , the Hopeful went to Boys at Tosconova !I've dug into his pedigree and I just don't see him as a classic type horse ! I could just as well be wrong ! Officer's progeny are win early type horses ! I've never seen one as a classic prospect , maybe the Coronado's Quest on his dam's side may help ? He's inbred 5sx4dx5d to In Reality , plus he's inbred 5sx5d to Raise A Native with a DI of 3.00 and CD of +0.88 . I know he's below that magic number 4.00 , but I just cant see him going 1 1/4 miles !

    On another interesting note ,  The Hopeful Stakes was a Man O' War exacta, so to speak, The winner Boys at Tosconova traces back in tail male to Man O' War ! Stay Thirsty who ran a nice second is related to Man O' War through his 8th dam Masda , a full sister to Man O' War ! It's also interesting to note that Man O'War won The Hopeful !