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The TDN Kentucky Derby Top 12 For Jan. 26
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T. D. Thornton
Two new shooters debut on the Top 12 this week and there was a large leap forward from the previously ranked No. 10 contender all the way up to the No. 2 spot. Four qualifying races on the Road to the GI Kentucky Derby points series are on the docket for the next two weekends.
1) ESSENTIAL QUALITY (c, Tapit– TDN Rising Star Essential Quality will likely add an Eclipse Award to his résumé on Thursday as this undefeated colt preps for either the GII Risen Star S. Feb. 13 at Fair Grounds or the GIII Southwest S. Feb. 15 at Oaklawn. Remaining where he is stabled at Fair Grounds means this Godolphin homebred by Tapit doesn t have to ship while competing for five times more Derby qualifying points (50-20-10-5) than what are up for grabs at Oaklawn (10-4-2-1). But the Risen Star is a more arduous nine furlongs as opposed to the Southwest s 1 1/16
rather than we want to get them next time? i hope i can find another horse that can run just as fast. do you think too much is being made out of the fact he said what he said? i think the way in which it was delivered was not the best way but i think that if you take a listen as to exactly what he was saying and you can speak to this more. i think it makes sense. you have the winner totalistic. the colt earned no derby points prior to this and didn t make his stakes debut until a week after the kentucky derby. he makes good points with what he s saying. it was just his method of delivery that needs work. he knows i have lost my mortgage money on the ponies before. but i will say this. i did find out in the 1970 s and 1980 s when a firm won in 1978, they said the same thing was happening then. secretary of the firm, this happened in the past, no one complained. more just ran one of the three