Weekend Winners Club

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Monday, March 6, 2017
Churchill Downs
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Major shakeups at the top of the Derby Dozen the past couple weeks, not just because there were some new winners in the first 3 Derby Championship Series races, stamping their Kentucky Derby tickets and vaulting to the top 3 spots on the Derby Points Leaderboard.
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No, we don’t change rankings based on just who won this week. However, two young colts did win in stellar fashion last weekend, registering great speed figures against solid competition. Gunnevera already had solid credentials and we had him ranked 5th, but he took advantage of a legit pace to run away from the field in the Fountain of Youth.
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In the Gotham, J Boys Echo also took advantage of a solid pace for once and showed what he can do in closing maneuvers. Previously unranked, he catapulted into 2nd in our rankings due to registering a tie among high beyers for 3yo’s. Our PF has not been calculated yet.
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Similarly, Cloud Computing put out a great effort in only his 2nd career start after breaking his maiden in a 6f run at Aqueduct in February. He was professional and game in the Gotham, getting passed by the winner but hanging in and driving away from the rest of the field.
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Consequently, One Liner moves down a notch to 3rd. Others were demoted because they continue to not run after injury, or not run well. Irish War Cry faded to 7th in the FOY after pursuing a legit but not blazing pace, and there have been no excuses offered yet.
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We’re still waiting to see some of these run their first route race. Iliad could give Doug’O a Derby contender in the San Felipe next weekend. Nobody in public seems to know where Malagacy is pointed at this point, but he’s definitely 1 of the fastest 3yo’s by anyone’s measure.
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Here’s the top 24 at this point and a prediction of where they may race next.
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Rank	Horse	Sire	Trainer	Fin	Race	Date	Pts	Next (Probable)
1	Gunnevera	DIALED IN	SANO ANTONIO	1st	FOY G2	4-Mar	64	Kentucky Derby 5/6
2	J Boys Echo	MINESHAFT	ROMANS DALE	1st	Gotham G3	4-Mar	53	Wood Mem G1 4/8
3	One Liner	INTO MISCHIEF	PLETCHER TODD A	1st	Southwest G3	20-Feb	10	Rebel G2 3/18
4	Gormley	MALIBU MOON	SHIRREFFS JOHN	1st	Sham G3	7-Jan	20	San Felipe G2 3/11
5	Mastery	CANDY RIDE	BAFFERT BOB	1st	Los Al Futurity G1	10-Dec	10	San Felipe G2 3/11
6	Cloud Computing	MACLEAN’S MUSIC	BROWN CHAD C	2nd	Gotham G3	4-Mar	20	Wood Mem G1 4/8
7	Irish War Cry	CURLIN	MOTION H GRAHAM	7th	FOY G2	4-Mar	10	Blue Grass G1 4/8
8	Classic Empire	PIONEEROF THE NILE	CASSE MARK	3rd	Holy Bull G3	4-Feb	32	TB Derby G2 3/11
9	Practical Joke	INTO MISCHIEF	BROWN CHAD C	2nd	FOY G2	4-Mar	34	Fla Derby G1 4/1
10	Mccraken	GHOSTZAPPER	WILKES IAN R	1st	Sam Davis G3	11-Feb	10	TB Derby G2 3/11
11	Unique Bella (f)	MORE THAN READY	HOLLENDORFER J	1st	Santa Ysabel G2	4-Mar	0	SA Oaks G1 4/8
12	Malagacy	SHACKLEFORD	PLETCHER TODD A	1ST	OC75K GPX	12-Feb	0	TB Derby G2 3/11
13	Royal Mo	UNCLE MO	SHIRREFFS JOHN	1st	Robert Lewis G3	4-Feb	10	San Felipe G2 3/11
14	Girvin	TALE OF EKATI	SHARP JOE	1st	Risen Star G2	25-Feb	50	La Derby G2 4/1
15	American Anthem	BODEMEISTER	BAFFERT BOB	2nd	Sham G3	7-Jan	4	Rebel G2 3/18
16	El Areeb	EXCHANGE RATE	LYNCH CATHAL	3rd	Gotham G3	4-Mar	30	Wood Mem G1 4/8
17	Petrov	FLATTER	MOQUETT RONALD E	2nd	Southwest G3	20-Feb	8	Rebel G2 3/18
18	Untrapped	TRAPPE SHOT	ASMUSSEN STEVEN M	2nd	Risen Star G2	25-Feb	24	La Derby G2 4/1
19	Iliad	GHOSTZAPPER	O’NEILL DOUG	1st	San Vicente G2	12-Feb	0	San Felipe G2 3/11
20	Favorable Outcome	FLATTER	BROWN CHAD C	1st	Swale G2	4-Feb	0	FOY G2 3/4
21	Guest Suite (g)	QUALITY ROAD	HOWARD NEIL J	4th	Risen Star G2	25-Feb	15	La Derby G2 4/1
22	Lookin At Lee	LOOKIN AT LUCKY	ASMUSSEN STEVEN M	3rd	Southwest G3	20-Feb	12	Rebel G2 3/18
23	Mo Town	UNCLE MO	DUTROW ANTHONY W	1st	Remsen G2	26-Nov	10	?
24	Tapwrit	TAPIT	PLETCHER TODD A	2nd	Sam Davis G3	11-Feb	4	TB Derby G2 3/11

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