ANOTHER DERBY SHOT FOR FLOWER ALLEY

  • Posted: May 8, 2012  by Alan Porter   -  
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In the 2005 Kentucky Derby (gr. I), Flower Alley was making very promising forward progress, when his momentum was halted by the imploding front-runner, Spanish Chestnut. Winner of the Lane’s End Stakes (gr. II) and runner-up to Afleet Alex in the Arkansas Derby (gr. II) going into the race, Flower

GEMOLOGIST, I’LL HAVE ANOTHER WIN THER WAY INTO DERBY PICTURE

  • Posted: April 14, 2012  by Alan Porter   -  
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The most recent weekend saw another pair of grade one Kentucky Derby (gr. I) trials, with the Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. I) at Aqueduct, and the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) on the West Coast. In New York,Gemologist and Alpha, two of the leading Derby hopefuls had to finish in the first