The only prep race I had time for yesterday was the Holy Bull. Was a good race. Irish War Cry gate to wire. The big money was on Classic Empire. He had nothing. A well beaten 3rd. Irish War Cry had only 2 races coming in, but he's definitely worth watching going forward.
GII Holy Bull S. – We’re still in the 17-point portion of the GI Kentucky Derby points race, but it’s impossible not to feel a little change in the air as this week’s Kentucky Derby preps approach given champion and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Classic Empire makes his return in the Holy Bull and there are two other races as well.
I’m thankful for big names like Classic Empire and El Areeb showing up, respectively, in the Holy Bull at Gulfstream and Withers at Aqueduct because I need to get on the board after two poor performances to date. We bet to win an place here at Throwdown, but neither of my picks have even hit the board.
When it comes time to actually wager, I’ll try to hook Irish War Cry up with the champ in gimmicks, but from a who’s going to win standpoint it’s awfully tough to oppose Classic Empire who looked so good when defeating the now-retired Not This Time in the aforementioned Juvenile. He doesn’t even need to improve to lay over this field–just maintaining that form makes him a winner. Irish War Cry is interesting, though, and if he’s not the top choice underneath the champ in exotics then that might be where my money goes. I like his versatility in the first two starts and the Laurel form certainly held well when El Areeb won the Jerome.
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