1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled Returned to the work tab with an easy 5 furlong breeze in 1:04 3/5 at Gulfstream Park West (formerly Calder), with exercise rider Edgard...
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1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled Simply put, he’s the only experienced, proven stakes horse who is moving in the right direction and who is doing the things a classic horse...
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1 McCraken Ian Wilkes Ghostzapper —Ivory Empress, by by Seeking the Gold By having three preps, even if he does regress slightly somewhere down the road, don’t expect Wilkes to fret over it. He won’t allow...
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1 McCraken Ian Wilkes Ghostzapper —Ivory Empress, by by Seeking the Gold I have to admit I kept changing my mind who to put No. 1. I love Irish War Cry and hated lowering him after only one week. Although...
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1 Irish War Cry Graham Motion Curlin —Irish Sovereign, by Polish Numbers Well, someone has to be No. 1, so why not the horse with the most impressive maiden victory I saw last year and the most impressive...
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1 Classic Empire Mark Casse Pioneerof the Nile —Sambuca Classica, by Cat Thief Any of the top four horses could have been a legitimate No. 1, but it was decided on the champ because of one of my favorite...
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On January 24, we will kick off the 2017 Derby Dozen on Bloodhorse.com. Ever since my Daily Racing Form colleague Steve Feldman and I inaugurated the first Derby Dozen in 1993, analysis of the early Kentucky...
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1 Nyquist Doug O'Neill Uncle Mo —Seeking Gabrielle, by Forestry We all know by now he missed a couple of days of training with a slightly elevated white blood count, but he never missed an oat and has...
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1 Nyquist Doug O'Neill Uncle Mo —Seeking Gabrielle, by Forestry It’s been fun sparring all winter with my buddy, Paul Reddam, not on the merits and talents of Nyquist, but his schedule leading up to the...
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1 Mohaymen Kiaran McLaughlin Tapit —Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union Worked a solid half in :48 4/5 for his big showdown in the Florida Derby. It was pretty much all McLaughlin was looking for. He has...
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