Three takeaways from the 2021 Wood Memorial
Apr 6, 2021
by James Scully/TwinSpires.com
Bourbonic rallied last-to-first at 72-1
odds in the major Kentucky Derby qualifier.
Here are three takeaways from the Wood Memorial.
Bourbonic?
Bourbonic was as big a surprise as it comes. The former
claimer appeared overmatched, exiting a well-beaten second in an entry-level
allowance at Parx. And the confirmed closer received a terrible setup, biding
his time in last behind a dawdling opening six furlongs in 1:14.98.
A Calumet homebred Bernardini colt, Bourbonic didn’t start
to make headway until the conclusion of the far turn, swinging extremely wide
into the stretch, and he motored through the final sixteenth of a mile to get