Archive for April, 2011

Premier Pegasus among favorites for 2011 Kentucky Derby

Premier Pegasus was seen as one of the best up and coming horses in the world coming into this year. While he is still a horse with a lot of potential, it looks the hopes of his trainer, owner and fans to win the Kentucky Derby will be disappointed.

Premier Pegasus is at 6-1 in Kentucky Derby Odds.

The Kentucky Derby field is thinning out slowly as there are several horses that are affected by injuries. Premier Pegasus is one of the horses that was affected by injury and it looks like the horse will now undergo surgery to try to try correct the injuries that the horse has sustained.

The horse was an early favorite to win the events prior to the Kentucky Derby and many people thought that the horse would come through as the favorite in the Derby. Much of the hype around Premier Pegasus is because of his fantastic win at San Felipe.

The horse was dominant at the San Felipe Stakes and won the race by 7.75 lengths over Jaycito, the second place finisher. The event was a $250,000 event and it was actually the largest margin that any horse had won the race by in 74 years. With that impressive victory the horse had high expectations for the Kentucky Derby.

While expectations were high, the sustained injury left Myung Cho, his trainer, with no choice but to send the horse to surgery. Cho is also the trainer and many people hope that the horse will return to full health and have a career ahead of him with Cho’s training.


Jaycito Is One Of The Favorite To Win 2011 Kentucky Derby

kentucky-derbyBob Baffert will have a chance to put out a solid horse for the Kentucky Derby in 2011 and in the horse racing world he is known as one of the best trainers. Even though Jaycito will have to overcome injuries if he is going to compete with the other horses in the race, he is seen as one of the top horses in the field.

In horse racing betting, Jaycito is among the favorites at 12-1 odds.

To overcome a bruise on his hoof, Jaycito has been struggling. The bruise may continue to plague the horse as it has already kept him out of the Santa Anita Derby.

The good news is that the horse is one of the favorites to win when he is healthy while the injury is bad news. After the original favorite was scratched from the line with an injury, the horse was chosen as the replacement favorite for the Santa Anita Derby.

Baffert claims that the injury is healing as the horse has had the issues with the bruise since late March. The horse will only need a few more days off before returning to full speed what Baffert feels. Jaycito came in second a month ago in San Felipe as he has won a race at Norfolk. The horse is certainly capable of taking the cake when he is healthy.

As there will be a race in Keeneland on the 23rd of April, the horse does have one more chance to warm up for the Kentucky Derby. Ahmed Zayat is the owner of Jaycito. Zayat decided to change Jaycito’s trainer to Baffert from Mike Mitchell.


Liverpool Hurdle – Big Buck’s Claims Title

Reigning World Hurdle champion Big Buck recorded an exceptional fourth win in the event subsequent to an easy victory at Aintree. Big Buck is now even-money (from 6/4) with totesport.

Big Buck strolled through lengthened three miles of the BGC Partners Liverpool Hurdle and he was in a dissimilar league to his opponents. To secure a five length victory, he pulled clear of his nearest competitor Grands Crus. He jumped the final hurdle as if the first.

Totesport spokesman Andrew Griffiths said that with the exception of the accidents, Big Buck has produced another display that will survive long in the memory. He added that for an unheard-of fourth World Hurdle crown, it is hard to see anything stopping him in his mission.

The 4-6 favorite walked over all over Grands Crus; therefore, he did not even come off the bridle. Slightly heavy weather of the Matalan Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle was made by the Triumph Hurdle winner Zarkandar (4-6 favorite) as Kumbeshwar pressed him all the way to the line.

In the Liverpool event, Big Buck effortlessly held off his chief adversary Grands Crus and he gave a magnificent performance. Big Buck has added his 12th triumph of his career, after claiming this race. Since he won this event for the third successive time, the colt has officially established himself as the champion of the Liverpool Hurdle.

The renowned jockey Ruby Walsh rode the winning race horse. After the event ended in his interest, he was very ecstatic. On the other hand, David Pipe was astonished by the performance of Big Buck and Grands Crus. The latter colt is trained by Crus.


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