Originally Posted by
mrginandtonic
DRF Race of the Day : Kentucky Oaks
A very interesting race on paper, the 4-Paradise Woods (trained by one of my favorite, Mr. Richard Mandella and ridden by one of the hottest rider in the nation, Flavien Prat) has this monster Beyer figure of 107 in the last race and she is ML favorite at 5-2. The second favorite is the 10-Miss Sky Warrior @ 9-2 who won the Gazelle by 13 lengths with 94 Beyer. Yes, if Paradise runs back to anything close to her last race, I have no doubt she will destroy this field. I guess the question is will she? But when I looked closer to this race, most of the horses are very weak, and most has only 1 or 2 Beyer speed figures that is above 85 (including the favorite). This then made me think that Paradise may not be a "lock" after all and hence the ML is 5-2, instead o like 9-5 or 8-5. So I am gonna go with a couple more for the top honor. I like 3-Mopotism (20-1) and the 7-Farrell (5-1), both of these horse has good tactical speed and I like their mud pedigree. Think my ticket would be something like :
Tri: 3,4,7/ 3,4,7,13,14/ 1,3,6,7,10,13,14
Will also do some Pick 3 Pick 4 and of course the Oaks/Derby Double
As always, feel free to chime in on the discussion,GL all.