LITTLE ROCK — HORSE (TRAINER, JOCKEY) 1. Shanghai Bobby (Todd Pletcher, Rosie Napravnik) You don’t have to win them all heading to the Derby. After unbeaten 2-year-old championship season, first loss came in Holy Bull (Jan. 26) - by 2 lengths to Itsmyluckyday. ... Winner of Hopeful, Champagne, BC Juvenile. ... Next start: Florida Derby, Gulfstream Park, March 30. ... Future Derby wager odds: 14-1. 2. Itsmyluckyday (Eddie Plesa Jr., Elvis Trujillo) Overtook Shanghai Bobby in Holy Bull in track record time to improve to 2 for 2 this year. ... Experienced with five wins from nine starts. ... Next start: Florida Derby. ... Odds: 13-1. 3. Goldencents (Doug O’Neill, Kevin Krigger) The trainer of Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another is back again. ... Tough not 1 to like colt who is 3 for 4, including 1 /2-length victory in Sham (Jan. 6) in 3-year-old debut. ... Next start: San Felipe, Santa Anita, March 9. ... Odds: 20-1. 4. Violence (Pletcher, Javier Castellano) 3 of 3 at 2, awaiting 3-year-old debut while training in Florida. ... Won CashCall Futurity (Dec. 15) in last start. ... Next start: Fountain of Youth, Gulfstream, Feb. 23. ... Odds: 13-1. 5. Verrazano (Pletcher, John Velazquez) 1 Status rising following 16 /4-length romp in allowance race at Gulfstream on Feb. 2. ... Coolmore bought interest in colt following the win. ... Next start will tell a lot more. ... Next start: Undecided. ... Odds: 11-1. 6. Flashback (Bob Baffert, Julien Leparoux)Won Robert B. Lewis (Feb. 2) in second career start. ... One of seven Triple Crown nominees owned by Gary and Mary West. ... Next start: San Felipe. ... Odds: 12-1. 7. Den’s Legacy (Baffert, Garrett Gomez) Well-seasoned colt has won 2 of 10, with five runner-up finishes. ... Ran second in Robert B. Lewis and Sham. ... A son of Medaglia d’Oro, two-time BC Classic runner-up who earned $5.7 million. ... Next start: Risen Star, Fair Grounds, Feb. 23 or Rebel, Oaklawn Park, March 16 ... Odds: 77-1. 8. Overanalyze (Pletcher, John Velazquez) Winner of Remsen (Nov. 24) in last start for owner Mike Repole. ... 3-year-old debut will give clue to how he’s developed since. ... Next start: Gotham, Aqueduct, March 2. ... Odds: 33-1. 9. Oxbow (D. Wayne Lukas, Jon Court) Lukas just may have a shot at Derby win No. 5. ... In addition to this LeComte (Jan. 19) 1 winner (by 11 /2 lengths no less), trainer also has Smarty Jones winner Will Take Charge. ... Next start: Risen Star, Fair Grounds, Feb. 23. ... Odds: 26-1. 10. Dynamic Sky (Mark Casse, Luis Contreras) Ran second by a neck in Sam F. Davis, but was gaining on winner Falling Sky. ... Ran sixth in BC Juvenile, and has two wins from six career starts. ... Next start: Undecided. ... Odds: 54-1.
KEEP AN EYE ON Falling Sky, He’s Had Enough, Normandy Invasion, Power Broker, Revolutionary.
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