Out around two turns for a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight at Churchill Downs Were Stronghold, future runner-up in the Bob Hope (G3) and Los Alamitosįuturity (G2), and Real Men Violin, who went on to finish second in the He started his career with a pair of top-threeįinishes in one-mile maiden special weights at Churchill Downs, and it turns Runner, I'm thinking #8 Track Phantom (7-2) He's listed at 7-2 on the morning line andĭoesn't appear to be facing any budding superstars, so I believe Justifreak hasĪ strong chance to break his maiden. Justifreak, who is entered in Saturday's fifth race at Fair Grounds, a 1ġ/16-mile maiden special weight. Go off on a tangent for a moment-the runner-up in his maiden victory was Together over the last two months, and I'm confident they'll continue their hot In fact, he and Geroux teamed up to win the 2022 Gun Runner with Jace's Road.īrisnet stats indicate Geroux and Cox have won at a 25% rate teaming up Winning Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifiers left and right in recent years.

ThatĪdds up to five-sixteenths of a mile in :30.74, an excellent closing fractionįor a dirt route, especially coming from a lightly raced two-year-old. In a strong :24.40 and the final sixteenth (while gearing down) in :06.34. Nash's maiden victory is how fast he finished. He's the fastest horse entered in the Gun Runner field.

Lengths, earning identical 97 Beyer and Brisnet speed figures. After carving out the pace, Nash poweredĬlear under a hand ride from jockey Florent Geroux to dominate by 10 1/4 To a new level when stretching out around two turns for a 1 1/16-mile maiden Nash pulled four lengthsĬlear of the third-place finisher and earned encouraging Beyer and Brisnet Favored to win againstġ0 rivals, Nash tracked the early pace before staying on for second placeīehind Booth, who won by 5 1/4 lengths in a fast time. Well in his debut sprinting six furlongs at Keeneland. Shown flashes of significant talent during his brief career. Moon mare Sara Louise has the pedigree to shine over classic distances and has The beautifullyīred son of Medaglia d'Oro out of the three-time graded stakes-winning Malibu I'm thinking of #6 Nash (7-5), a Godolphin homebredĬonditioned by two-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox. Grounds has to be part of the conversation. (G1), but I believe a colt entered in Saturday's $100,000 Gun Runner S. Keeler Johnson ('Keelerman') Twitter: too early to haveĭefinitive feelings about the most likely winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby

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