I Have Great Pedigree
Road to the Kentucky Derby Newsletter #6
43 Days and Counting…
By your hero, Jeff the Julepenator
I have great pedigree, meaning that my bloodlines rock. My father invented things that you use
everyday, my grandfather ran a country store in Indiana, and somewhere down the line, one of my
great grandfather’s invented the trapper keeper. Pedigree is very important in betting on horses, I am
not sure if it is important in the person making the bets, but it is important in the horses you are betting on. There are
several horses that you may have heard of from the past that are very good for breeding. What happens is once a horse
is done making money racing, if they are a good racer then they get to bump uglies for a living. Some of the dopest
sires get millions just for a humping. This weekend you will notice some great mothers and fathers on your program
next to the names of some of the Derby contenders. Birdstone, who is racing in the Lane’s End Stakes, came from
Grindstone and Dear Birdie. Grindstone you may remember from winning both the Louisiana Derby and Kentucky
Derby in 1996, and Grindstone’s dad, Unbridled, even won the Derby back in 1990. Unbridled is one of the best
humpers in the breeding game, producing 35 different stakes winning horses. Right now the biggest stud out there in
breeding land is AP Indy, he has 81 starters out there with 21 winners and 7 stakes winners hitting up the racing
circuits. Florida Derby winner Friends Lake is AP Indy’s son, and he just won that $611k purse! Gradepoint is also a
son of AP Indy, and he won the Risen Star Stakes in February! Another good poppa horse to look for is Saint Ballado.
Saint Ballado fathered 88 horses running out there today and of those 31 have been winners, and although only 2 of
them are stakes winners, he still is producing some fast and pretty horses. St. Averil who ran a fabulous second the
other day is fathered by Saint Ballado. El Prado from Ireland is another famous daddy, and you’ll see three horses in
the Derby hunt this weekend that are sons of his, El Prado Rob in the Rushaway, and Pro Prado and Proper Prado in
the Rebel Stakes. Also it is good to see Unbridled’s Song, Smoke Glacken, Wild Rush, or Halo’s Image as the horse
you’re betting on’s daddy.
Last week we saw some exciting races take place. The racing season is in full swing and all the trainers are trying to
get their horses ready for the Derby. Friends Lake shocked the crowd (except me of course) by winning the Florida
Derby and immediately people jumped on the bandwagon for this horse’s Derby chances. If you were checking out
pedigree (see above), this horse may have made you some mad sheets if you would have just put 2 bucks on this horse
to win you could have won $76.80! Immediately following this race we saw the Swale Stakes with derby favorite
Eurosilver. The Eurosilver came in second to Wynn Dot Comma, but ran a great race and was flying like a freight
train toward the wire. On Sunday, another Baffert trained horse won a stakes race. Preachinatthebar took the San
Felipe in a crazy paced race. The number 1 horse Laditude lost its rider at the gate and took off and set a far too fast
pace, which made for an exciting finish when the sprinters were completely winded and the closers were coming on
from far behind. St. Averil was pushed way outside on the first turn, and came from far back in the pack to take a
stunning second place. Limehouse, the favorite in the Tampa Bay Derby, lived up to expectations and easily won over
Mustanfar and Swingforthefences. Check out the daddy of last week’s winners and you may see some pedigree trends.
This week there are another 4 stakes races to contemplate. The first is the Rushaway Stakes where the El Prado Rob
takes on Gamblin’ and Tales of Glory. The field isn’t too tough, but expect for one of these horse to try to make a
statement to merit derby consideration. Next up is the Batman inspired Gotham Stakes. Eddington blew away his
competition in his last two maiden races and now tries to step it up a notch against stakes winner Redskin Warrior.
Watch out for Saratoga County and Pomeroy in this race, but if Eddington is really Derby material, he better show it
here. We then move to Lane’s End Stakes where my Derby favorite, Birdstone, makes his stakes debut for 2004.
He’ll rock the socks off the other horses (hopefully), because all of the other horses seem to be one step down from his
awesomeness. Silver Minister, Little Matth Man, and Stolen time are the ones that will put any danger of an upset out
there. I would guess 10 ½ length win for Birdstone, unless he wants to taunt and play with the other horses a little bit,
and he can, he is that good. The last race of the weekend is a little more up for grabs then the previous three. The
Rebel stakes features stakes winners in Smarty Jones and Mr. Jester. Smarty Jones is undefeated and Mr. Jester is
pretty. The Prado brothers keep coming up on these handicappers’ radars screens (pedigree by chance?), but I would
doubt either would win. They might come up in your exacta picks, but they ain’t the shizzle that Smarty Jones is.
Watch out for Purge and Gran Prospect in this race. Good luck and if you win a lot, make sure you kick a little down
to me, cause don’t you remember we signed that deal that gives me 10% of your winnings? Yeah, it was that one night
when you were really loaded.
The “I told you so!” Page
Road to the Kentucky Derby Newsletter #6
43 Days and Counting…
By your hero, Jeff the Julepenator
Derby Future OddsPool 2
Horse
All Other 3 YO’s
Eurosilver
Wimbledon
Birdstone
St. Averil
Eddington
Lion Heart
Action this Day
The Cliff’s Edge
Master David
Tapit
Rock Hard Ten
Read The
Footnotes
Borrego
Imperialism
Value Plus
Limehouse
Halfbridled (f)
Redskin Warrior
Swingforthefences
Gradepoint
Mr. Jester
Minister Eric
Fire Slam
Pool 1
9-5
11.8-1
-12.8-1
25-1
-14.4-1
14-1
28.9-1
19.3-1
17.8-1
-14.1-1
Pool 2
6-1
10-1
13-1
13-1
15-1
15-1
16-1
16-1
16-1
18-1
18-1
18-1
20-1
52.3-1
---24.4-1
---58.7-1
32.4-1
55.6-1
24-1
24-1
27-1
35-1
35-1
40-1
44-1
46-1
50-1
52-1
76-1
Stakes Winners
2/14/04
2/15/04
2/21/04
2/28/04
2/28/04
2/29/04
3/6/04
3/7/04
3/13/04
3/13/04
3/13/04
3/14/04
3/14/04
Fountain Of Youth
Risen Star Stakes
Best Turn
John Battaglia
Baldwin Stakes
Borderland Derby
San Rafael Stakes
Louisiana Derby
El Camino Real
Swale Stakes
Florida Derby
Tampa Bay Derby
San Felipe
Read the Footnotes
Gradepoint
Redskin Warrior
Silver Minister
Seattle Borders
Go Kitty Go
Imperialism
Wimbledon
Kilgowan
Wynn Dot Comma
Friends Lake
Limehouse
Preachinatthebar
Jeff the Julepenator’s Derby Trifecta
Prettiest horse in the “bidness” better
1 Birdstone The
show everyone he’s a winner this week.
2 Lion
Heart
3 St. Averil
If Shane Sellers doesn’t screw this horse
everytime he rides him, then he’s good,
but Shane has no business putting Lion
Heart next to the sprinters and expect to
win. Dumbass.
He lost to a crappy horse I know, but
remember Funny Cide lost last year to
great horses in all of the Derby Prep races,
and then beat them out at the run for the
Roses
Jeff the Julepenator’s Picks this Weekend
Winner
Place
Where?
Birdstone
Little Math
Lane’s End
Man
Smarty Jones
Purge
Rebel Stakes
Gamblin’
El Prado Rob
Rushaway
Eddington
Redskin
Gotham
Warrior
2004 Pick Record: 2 for 11
3/20
3/20
3/20
3/20
3/27
3/28
4/3
4/3
4/10
4/10
4/10
4/10
4/17
4/17
4/17
4/24
5/2
Upcoming Stakes Races
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WinStar Derby
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Illinois Derby
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Santa Anita Derby
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Wood Memorial
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Arkansas Derby
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