Golden Tempo - Last to First
- May 3
- 2 min read
It happened in 2022 and it happened again in 2026. It was the same race.
The two lead speed demons from both years who came in second place in the UAE Derby, both trained by Bhupat Seemar, took the same suicidal path and knocked the Derby into a tailspin up front.
Both of those Japanese horses from both years ran unsustainable charges loose on the lead and both were finished by the 3/4 pole.
Twelve entries out of eighteen were banged, bumped, squeezed or blocked - with Intrepido, Litmus Test, and on several occasions, Further Ado and Commandment, taking the worst of it. Ocelli didn't care who he mowed down..
And Renegade. His start was brutal.
The Top Seven on the race results chart comprised of 6 rear runners, exactly what happened in 2022.
Danon Bourbon was the only colt who remained untouched and unfazed running up front and held for 5th place. Epicenter was that guy in 2022. Both of them running far superior races with the cards that were dealt.
The awkwardness of the race resulted in a $94,489.95 payday for a $1.00 superfecta ticket.
It was a closers paradise again and for those who play stacked superfectas may have been all around it, but Ocelli hitting that board as well trashed those boxed tickets.
And there it is and none of it matters moving forward. It never does.
Watch what happens to many of them who had a tough race here after the dust settles.
The Preakness, Belmont, Haskell, Travers, Pennsylvania Derby, etc, will bring it all back into reality within a much more fair playing field for some of these higher quality horses. The tables will turn. It always does.
With that, I'm sorry that our killer Futures tickets were duds, but the names on those tickets certainly are not.
Many of the better trainers who sit their horses out of the Preakness for rest and recuperation will come back and test them at Saratoga in a much more stable and controlled atmosphere in the 10f Belmont.
That is where the real talent will prevail.
It's time for a break. See you at the Belmont.
Kentucky Derby runner Danon Bourbon is out for the rest of the year after an injury.
Daily Sports, a Japan racing website, reported that the Maxfield colt was found to have a fractured knee.
Just read ( on HRN) that Junya Nishimura got a one day suspension for excessive whip use on Danon Bourbon in the Kentucky Derby.I haven’t heard anything about suspensions for Garcia,Gaffalione or Smith for their rides.
https://youtu.be/qeYBxCDH9dc?si=Hc8V8R1Fo23XteMw
Here is an interesting example of two horses out of the same dam, first one looks like this: Dosage 9-8-13-0-0, 3.62, .87 with dam numbers of 7-6-2-6-10, Speed 13 Stamina 16, Index .79 and triads 15-14-18 and the second half-sibling, Dosage 6-3-9-0-0, 3.00, .83 with dam numbers of 3-9-6-10-4, Speed 12 Stamina 14, Index .88 and triads 18-25-20. The second one, finished second in this years Lexington Stakes to Trendsetter, his name is The Hell We Did and is a possible for the Preakness Stakes. He is by Authentic and his dam is Rose's Desert. His half-sibling is out of Mineshaft and his name is Senor Buscador.
Just an FYI FBG had said, and there is allot of truth in this.
WHAT a Derby ! Golden Tempo and Jose Ortiz , for Cherie DeVaux FLY from DEAD LAST !! How does this keep happening in the Kentucky Derby. Well Dan can tell you but you may not want to hear it .
Dan " 2021 the Suits took lasix away, and got serious about Drug testing. The Vets began to thoroughly look over every horse like never before. Since this began, speed horses have not be able to sustain the run. Stalkers havent been able to keep going late. The Dead closers have now won 4 of last 5 , and got beat one inch fro…