In case something unforeseeable, both will arrive in Louisville in a month’s time, but HOLD Runhappy Santa Anita Derby will do Messier (Empire Maker) or Forbidden Kingdom (American pharoah) left coast’s best chance at the glorious GI Kentucky Derby when they go head-to-head for the second time on Saturday afternoon.
Named ‘Rising star TDN‘ When graduated by a gap in second demanding a six-feather ride that was always bound to be sharp, Messier easily handled the Forbidden Kingdom in GIII Bob Hope S.Nyquist) during the GII Los Alamitos Futurity on Dec. 11 B. Lewis S. on February 6, and with Tim Yakteen’s move to the barn, will most likely secure a place in the Derby with an attempt to win or be runner-up.
Forbidden Kingdom, for his part, is ready to enter the race, as he was perfect in two starts at the age of three. The chestnut son of the great sprinter Just Louise (Five Star Day) caused something of an uproar by defeating Saudi Arabia’s next Derby hero Pinehurst (Spinning candy) is 2 1/4 the length in the GII San Vicente S. seven long lines and proves he can keep his distance from the ground when he knocks out six of his opponents by 5 3/4 the length in the GII San Felipe S. March 5.
If someone disrupts the party, ‘Rising star TDN‘Taiba’ (Gunman) seems to be the most appropriate candidate. The $140,000 Fasig-Tipton aspiration in October turned the $1.7 million Fasig-Tipton Florida air conditioner, the chestnut grew 7 and a half lengths in its March 5 launch for Bob Baffert, winning the 103 Beyer Speed Number is equivalent to Messier’s Lewis win. Yakteen is also the record-breaking coach for Taiba and Amr Zedan’s Zedan Racecourse.
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