Capper's Corner

Welcome to the 2018 Triple Crown trail.

This will be my first prep race rendition for this blog as I haven’t posted any prep races in the past.

Tampa Bay Downs Derby is on the docket today

There are two main scratches for the race – Free Drop Billy and Enticed will run in the Gotham, and skip this race. These were 2 contenders so expect our prices to be deflated from ML.

Here are my selections:

8 Horse – World of Trouble – 5-1
This horse absolutely jogged n his 7F prep race for this, and could have easily smashed a track record but the jockey pulled him up 100 yards from the wire. While there are a couple of concerns with this guy in meeting a field like this and potentially getting caught in a speed duel, on raw talent alone this guy is a standout. And, I have no concerns about this horse trying two turns for first time.

3 Horse – Vino Rosso – 4-1
Pletcher puts blinkers on today and has a race under his belt at Tampa, which is often key to this winning race. Get your notebook out on this one – he is my early Belmont pick !!!. Has the stamina to get the distance and fits the pattern of the trainers previous winners of that race. Today however, he should get the best trip, stalking a hot pace, and getting first run on the closers. I see this as a two horse race with VINO and the 8 horse dueling to the wire.

9 horse – Untamed Domain – 6-1
Tries dirt for first time and is not short on talent. Trainer does well at this track when shipping in and I can envision hm closing for a share.

2 Horse – Tiz Mischief – 8-1
This is more a running style play as he likely will be closing for a slice of the trifecta or superfecta. Trainer won the Fountain of Youth last week and I am a big fan of the sire. Also, like his two turn experience and ran well in the Gold Cup as 2 yo.

10 – horse – Quip – 20-1
This would be my long shot play to hit the board. What the jockey does on this one could impact the race and if he is guns blazing on lead it will be to his detriment.

Ex Box for top 2 – 8-3

And then you can throw in a super with ticket structured like this:

8-3/8-3/ 2-9-10/2-9-10
Good Luck all