December 23, 2024

Derby They Said It 5-3

Last updated: 5/2/06 8:28 PM




</p> <p align="center"><i><b><font face="Arial" size="4">DERBY THEY SAID IT</font></b></i></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">MAY 2, 2006</font></b></p> <p> </p> <p>“Everybody’s yelling ‘Five weeks! Five weeks!’ I don’t know who came up with <br /> that, but no one’s had a chance to run five weeks out because they didn’t have <br /> any races five weeks before the Derby before.”</p> <p> <br /> </p> <p align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial"><em><strong>—Michael Matz on <br /> critics knocking that the five-week gap leading into the Kentucky Derby (G1) for <br /> BARBARO (Dynaformer)</strong></em></font></p> <p> <br /> </p> <p>“The only similarity between him and Funny Cide (Distorted Humor) is that <br /> they are both fast horses. But that’s it. They’re completely different horses. <br /> One’s laid back (Showing Up) and the other’s a coiled spring (Funny Cide).”</p> <p> <br /> </p> <p align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial"><em><strong>—</strong></em></font><em><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Barclay <br /> Tagg, who is expected to ship SHOWING UP (Strategic Mission) from Belmont Park <br /> to Churchill Downs on Wednesday</font></strong></em></p> <p> <br /> </p> <p>“I’m very pleased. I have the same concerns: can one of them (Private Vow <br /> [Broken Vow]) go far enough and if the other one (Storm Treasure [Storm Boot]) <br /> is fast enough. There are a lot of variables and a lot of things that keep <br /> horses from winning, but the success we’ve had has been because the horse was <br /> the fastest in the race.”</p> <p> <br /> </p> <p align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial"><em><strong>—</strong></em></font><em><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Steve <br /> Asmussen on his Derby contenders</font></strong></em></p> <p> <br /> </p> <p>“The draw is especially key for us. I don’t want to be trapped down on the <br /> inside and I don’t want the 20 (hole). If we get a bad draw, though, I won’t be <br /> throwing anything up in the air or against the wall.”</p> <p> <br /> </p> <p align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial"><em><strong>—</strong></em></font><em><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Bob <br /> Holthus, trainer of LAWYER RON (Langfuhr)</font></strong></em></p> <p> <br /> </p> <p>“No way. I don’t ever want the one hole: anytime, anywhere. If you are <br /> outside and break bad, you have time to recover. Inside, you have no shot.”</p> <p> <br /> </p> <p align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial"><em><strong>—</strong></em></font><em><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Dale <br /> Romans on whether there was any way he would select post 1 for the front-running <br /> SHARP HUMOR (Distorted Humor)</font></strong></em></p> <p> <br /> </p> <p>“It isn’t looking good for him. I’d love to get him in, but the way I see it <br /> right now is that he’s not going to make it.”</p> <p> <br /> </p> <p align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial"><em><strong>—a disappointed </strong></em></font> <br /> <em><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Todd Pletcher on likelihood of missing <br /> the Derby with SUNRIVER (Saint Ballado), who is ranked 21st on the graded <br /> earnings list</font></strong></em></p> <p> </p></div> <p></body></p> <div class="mh-social-bottom"> <div class="mh-share-buttons mh-row clearfix"> <a class="mh-col-1-2 mh-facebook" href="#" onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.brisnet.com/content/2006/05/derby-they-said-it-5-3/&t=Derby They Said It 5-3', 'facebookShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;" title="Share on Facebook"> <span class="mh-share-button"><i class="fa fa-facebook fa-2x"></i></span> </a> <a class="mh-col-1-2 mh-twitter" href="#" onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/share?text=Derby They Said It 5-3 -&url=https://www.brisnet.com/content/2006/05/derby-they-said-it-5-3/', 'twitterShare', 'width=626,height=436'); 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