On a positive note?

[Tavasco]

Master Fencer ran great!

[ajkreider]

On another positive note, I didn\'t have the analysis, but from TG data, there were a mess of very haveable winners and exotics at big prices. More proof that TG is the best in the business.

(Not redboarding. I didn\'t have the Derby or the turf tri.)

[Al Caught Up]

just imagine if he\'d had lasix, ha

[Al Caught Up]

all kidding aside, be grateful it was a day without a single horse being vanned off. about the best outcome possible.

[ajkreider]

There\'s a chance he gets a better fig than MS.

He really was flying at the end. The only other horse in the race with a sub :25 last fraction was Game Winner, and Master Fencer bested that by another half second.

[SteveB]

Master Fencer and Maximum Security should have close to the same figure. He ran 34 feet farther (according to TRAKUS) than MS which is maybe just over the 4 lengths he lost by.

Game Winner ran 103 feet (about 13 lengths) farther than MS and lost by 3 3/4 lengths. Game Winner should get a figure that equates to being about 9 lengths faster at 1 1/4 miles than Maximum Security.

Country House ran 51 feet further than Maximum Security.

It was predictable that Maximum Security would save ground.

4 horses from the inside 5 posts and also Code of Honor actually had better ground saving trips than Maximum Security. Maybe the award for best ride in the Derby this year should go to John Velazquez, especially since there were 9 horses within about 5 lengths at the finish.