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Doug’s Derby Dozen Feb.22 2017 with Grid
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Churchill Downs
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Irish War Cry (Curlin) remains atop the Derby Dozen this week, because I said he is. Tis true, One Liner was most impressive in the Southwest Stakes G2, and there was some internal debate (inside my own head) over whether to promote him to 2nd or 3rd.
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But considering the Into Mischief colt scored the highest 3yo Beyer this year in that race (Grid PF’s have yet to be calculated), and the extent of Classic Empire’s foot abscess injury is not widely known, we put One Liner in 2nd and demoted the 2yo champ to 3rd.
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The remainder of the field remains mostly unchanged, but Petrov now appears after a too-early move put him in 2nd at Oaklawn in the Southwest, whereas he was previously ranked about 18th.
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The filly Unique Bella (More than Ready) also appears in the dozen after an impressive Las Virgenes G2 win. We went 15 deep in this one to show that after the top 10 there is some relativity.
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Irish War Cry runs away from 2017 Holy Bull field at Gulfstream, handing Classic Empire first defeat
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| Rank | Horse | Sire | Trainer | Fin | Race | Date | Pts | Next (Probable) |
| 1 | Irish War Cry | CURLIN | MOTION H GRAHAM | 1st | Holy Bull G3 | 4-Feb | 10 | FOY G2 3/4 |
| 2 | One Liner | INTO MISCHIEF | PLETCHER TODD A | 1st | Southwest G3 | 20-Feb | 10 | Rebel G2 3/18 |
| 3 | Classic Empire | PIONEEROF THE NILE | CASSE MARK | 3rd | Holy Bull G3 | 4-Feb | 32 | TB Derby G2 3/11 |
| 4 | Mastery | CANDY RIDE | BAFFERT BOB | 1st | Los Al Futurity G1 | 10-Dec | 10 | San Felipe G2 3/11 |
| 5 | Gunnevera | DIALED IN | SANO ANTONIO | 2nd | Holy Bull G3 | 4-Feb | 14 | FOY G2 3/4 |
| 6 | Mccraken | GHOSTZAPPER | WILKES IAN R | 1st | Sam Davis G3 | 11-Feb | 10 | TB Derby G2 3/11 |
| 7 | Gormley | MALIBU MOON | SHIRREFFS JOHN | 1st | Sham G3 | 7-Jan | 20 | San Felipe G2 3/11 |
| 8 | El Areeb | EXCHANGE RATE | LYNCH CATHAL | 1st | Withers G3 | 16-Jan | 20 | Gotham G3 3/4 |
| 9 | American Anthem | BODEMEISTER | BAFFERT BOB | 2nd | Sham G3 | 7-Jan | 4 | Rebel G2 3/18 |
| 10 | Petrov | FLATTER | MOQUETT RONALD E | 2nd | Smarty Jones | 16-Jan | 4 | Southwest G3 2/20 |
| 11 | Royal Mo | UNCLE MO | SHIRREFFS JOHN | 1st | Robert Lewis G3 | 4-Feb | 10 | San Felipe G2 3/11 |
| 12 | Unique Bella | MORE THAN READY | HOLLENDORFER J | 1st | Las Virgenes G2 | 5-Feb | 0 | Santa Ysabel G2 3/4 |
| 13 | Practical Joke | INTO MISCHIEF | BROWN CHAD C | 3rd | BC Juvenile G1 | 5-Nov | 14 | Gotham G3 3/4 |
| 14 | Guest Suite (g) | QUALITY ROAD | HOWARD NEIL J | 1st | Lecomte G3 | 21-Jan | 10 | Risen Star G2 2/25 |
| 15 | Malagacy | SHACKLEFORD | PLETCHER TODD A | 1ST | OC75K GPX | 12-Feb | 0 | TB Derby G2 3/11 |
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