| 2014 URC Derby Dozen | ||||||||||||
| Updated March 15th | ||||||||||||
| RANK | Best | Last Race | Next race | URC Derby Odds | ||||||||
| Horse/Sire | Trainer | Stakes Pts. | Speed | Sim Ranked | Result , speed | Notes | ||||||
| 1 | I WON'T LOOK BACK | Mrlucky | 69 | 103 | 32 | The Hustlin Hoosier | Undecided | Even | Coming off an impressive G2 victory @ 9F LTO. One to beat right now. | |||
| MALIBU MOON x STREET CRY x DEPUTY MINISTER | 1st, 103 | |||||||||||
| 2 | IRISH ZAPPER | Metallinut | 6 | 96 | 1,055 | Alw $48,700 NW2L | Tom E Nearctic Dirt Route | 2-1 | Metallinut thinks this lightly race colt is a monster. | |||
| DUNKIRK x BERNARDINI x GHOSTZAPPER | 1st, 96 | 21-Mar | ||||||||||
| 3 | AIR MCLEMORE | Tops | 106 | 106 | 11 | 8F G1 Equinics | GI All Saints Derby | 3-1 | Tops has his #11 ranked colt running in perfect form. Distance might be a problem. | |||
| AWESOME AGAIN x STORM CAT x ALYDAR | 3rd, 106 | 29-Mar | ||||||||||
| 4 | WEST OF GIBRALTAR | Quilly | 2 | 104 | 2,767 | Causes Wood Turf Mile | Irish 2000 Guineas Trial | 4-1 | Trainer Quilly wants to put this stakes turf winner on the dirt and try for a Derby run. Could be dangerous. | |||
| ROCK OF GIBRALTAR x SOVEREIGN DANCER x GONE WEST | 1st, 104 | 5-Apr | ||||||||||
| 5 | GEMOLOGICAL | Goody | 37 | 109 | 72 | The Hustlin Hoosier | Heat Less Stakes | 5-1 | Just short 2 back @ 8F in a G2. Faultered Last time in G2 @ 9F. Could bounce back. Distance issues. | |||
| GEMOLOGIST x DEHERE x WILD AGAIN | 10th, 94 | 20-Apr | ||||||||||
| 6 | HOT TAP | Tops | 8 | 97 | 651 | Alw $19500 NW3L | Chicago Derby | 6-1 | Winner of last two and Tops is pleased with his progression. | |||
| TAPIT x AWESOME AGAIN x STORM CAT | 1st, 97 | 5-Apr | ||||||||||
| 7 | BET ON FLOP | Metallinut | 6 | 97 | 937 | Open Alw | Bored Gulch Dirt Route | 8-1 | Another just short LTO at 8.25F. Never finished worse than 2nd in 4 races. Looks to improve. | |||
| WINNING BID x RAINBOW QUEST x RAHY | 2nd, 97 | 30-Mar | ||||||||||
| 8 | UNIVERSAL EMPIRE | Metallinut | 11 | 102 | 354 | Equinics - Oldtimers | G2 - The Land's End | 8-1 | Never fired in the Equinics. Looks to rebound. Distance should not be a problem. | |||
| EMPIRE MAKER x AWESOME AGAIN x SECRETARIAT | 9th, 92 | 23-Mar | ||||||||||
| 9 | TIMOTHY TURFWAY | Kentuckiana | 1 | 96 | 6333 | Open Alw-$60,000 | Bored Gulch Dirt Route | 15-1 | Well bred son of Empire Maker won last time out in open Alw. Improving but needs to test distance NTO. | |||
| EMPIRE MAKER x SAINT BALLADO x A.P. INDY | 1st, 96 | 30-Mar | ||||||||||
| 10 | TIZ HARD MAN | Larrcamp | 2 | 96 | 3,580 | Alw NW2L | Alw - $48,700 | 15-1 | Broke maiden 2 back and was coming in last. Needs more room to run and 10F could be a nice fit. | |||
| TIZNOW x WOODMAN x LYPHARD | 2nd, 96 | 20-Mar | ||||||||||
| 11 | MR MEGA | Dunnhill | 4 | 93 | 1533 | Open Alw-$75,000 | Alw - $43,800 NW4L | 50-1 | New resident Dunnhill trying to see if he can get distance with this Magna Graduate son. | |||
| MAGNA GRADUATE x TATES BLUFF x MR. PROSPECTOR | 5th, 84 | 5-Apr | ||||||||||
| 12 | CARSON ZIPPED | Larrcamp | 4 | 96 | 1,996 | 48,700 Alw NW2L | Undecided | 50-1 | Son of City Zip is improving and looks like wants more distance. | |||
| CITY ZIP x IN THE WINGS x GRAUSTARK | 1st, 95 | |||||||||||
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