Weekend Winners Club

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Monday, April 10
Churchill Downs
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This week bears some more changing in the rankings as usual. Unlike last year, when the top 5, 10, etc, remained fairly static, it’s very dynamic this year, as there are new winners every week, that haven’t won anything significant before.
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One that did win a major prep for the 2nd time, after a horrible run last out at Gulfstream, is Irish War Cry, who we selected in the November Futures pool before word got out. He ran an excellent Wood Memorial and is now all set for a run for the roses.
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Gunnevera was demoted to 2nd from 1st, which is not demeaning to him by any means, but we just feel that Irish War Cry, at his best, is the best 3yo in training right now. And he doesn’t require any particular pace to make it happen, because of his early pressing running style.
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2yo champ Classic Empire remains in the top 10, in hopes that he can come back from the minor injury, and earn some points in the Ark. Derby to officially stamp his Kentucky ticket.
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The Arkansas is shaping up to be an epic Derby, with a possible 6 of the top 24 contenders gunning for a Roses ticket, and only one of them, Malagacy, already having the points required. I expect Todd will try to put him in the best position to win, but not go all out in the stretch.
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Here’s how we see it at this juncture.

Rank	Horse	Sire	Trainer	Fin	Race	Date	Pts	Next (Probable)
1	Irish War Cry	Curlin	Motion H Graham	1st	Wood Mem G2	8-Apr	110	Kentucky Derby 5/6
2	Gunnevera	Dialed In	Sano Antonio	3rd	Fla Derby G1	1-Apr	84	Kentucky Derby 5/6
3	Always Dreaming	Bodemeister	Pletcher Todd A	1st	Fla Derby G1	1-Apr	100	Kentucky Derby 5/6
4	Malagacy	Shackleford	Pletcher Todd A	1st	Rebel G2	18-Mar	50	Ark Derby G1 4/15
5	Girvin	Tale Of Ekati	Sharp Joe	1st	La Derby G2	1-Apr	150	Kentucky Derby 5/6
6	Classic Empire	Pioneerof The Nile	Casse Mark	3rd	Holy Bull G3	4-Feb	32	Ark Derby G1 4/15
7	Cloud Computing	Maclean’s Music	Brown Chad C	3rd	Wood Mem G2	8-Apr	40	Kentucky Derby 5/6
8	Practical Joke	Into Mischief	Brown Chad C	2nd	Blue Grass G2	8-Apr	74	Kentucky Derby 5/6
9	J Boys Echo	Mineshaft	Romans Dale	4th	Blue Grass G2	1-Apr	63	Kentucky Derby 5/6
10	Tapwrit	Tapit	Pletcher Todd A	5th	Blue Grass G2	8-Apr	54	Kentucky Derby 5/6
11	Thunder Snow (Ire)	Helmet	Suroor Saeed	1st	UAE Derby G1	25-Mar	100	Kentucky Derby 5/6
12	Sonneteer	Midnight Lute	Desormeaux Keith	2nd	Rebel G2	18-Mar	20	Ark Derby G1 4/15
13	Battalion Runner	Unbridled’S Song	Pletcher Todd A	2nd	Wood Mem G2	8-Apr	40	Kentucky Derby 5/6
14	Gormley	Malibu Moon	Shirreffs John	1st	SA Derby G1	8-Apr	125	SA Derby G1 4/8
15	Untrapped	Trappe Shot	Asmussen Steven M	3rd	Rebel G2	18-Mar	34	Ark Derby G1 4/15
16	Hence	Street Boss	Asmussen Steven M	1st	Sun Derby G3	26-Mar	50	Kentucky Derby 5/6
17	Mccraken	Ghostzapper	Wilkes Ian R	3rd	Blue Grass G2	8-Apr	40	Blue Grass G1 4/8
18	Petrov	Flatter	Moquett Ronald E	4th	Rebel G2	18-Mar	13	Ark Derby G1 4/15
19	Epicharis (JPN)	Gold Allure	Hagiwara Kiyoshi	2nd	UAE Derby G1	25-Mar	40	Kentucky Derby 5/6
20	Lookin At Lee	Lookin At Lucky	Asmussen Steven M	6th	Rebel G2	18-Mar	12	Ark Derby G1 4/15
21	State Of Honor	To Honor And Serve	Casse Mark	2nd	Fla Derby G1	1-Apr	62	Kentucky Derby 5/6
22	Royal Mo	Uncle Mo	Shirreffs John	3rd	SA Derby G1	8-Apr	30	Kentucky Derby 5/6
23	Irap	Tiznow	O’Neill Doug	1st	Blue Grass G2	8-Apr	100	Kentucky Derby 5/6
24	Uncontested	Tiz Wonderful	Catalano Wayne M	8th	Rebel G2	18-Mar	11	Ark Derby G1 4/15

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