“It’s nice to be outside a little bit,” said Richard Mandella, Omaha Beach’s trainer. “You don’t have to commit too quickly.'
“Not that many horses run out of there,” Baffert said. “But I’m OK. We’ll figure out a plan for them.had the 18 and there was a scratch and he had the 17 for a day and then he went to the 16. At the end of the day, you have to have the horse. If your horse shows up, that’s more important. After watching Big Brown gallop from the 20 hole [and winning in 2008] it really doesn’t make a difference.”
Conventional thinking is that the only post in the field that really makes a difference is the No. 1, because the horse has no room to maneuver to the inside once out of the gate. Mike Battaglia, who has set the Derby morning line since 1975, calculates all the odds before the draw and only makes adjustments after it’s determined which horse draws the No. 1 post.“I think we’ll be on the lead and play catch me if you can,” Casse said. “At least we have the shortest way around.
There are two horses at 10-1: Maximum Security , undefeated winner of the Florida Derby, and Tacitus , winner of the Wood Memorial. At 15-1 is Code of Honor , third in the Florida Derby and winner of the Fountain of Youth, and Win Win Win , second in the Blue Grass Stakes. The only other Southern California runner is Gray Magician, who qualified by finishing second in the UAE Derby in Dubai. The Peter Miller trainee drew the No. 4 post and was listed at 50-1.3. By My Standards, 20-1
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