Profile: Alpha
When Alpha finds his comfort zone, the athlete comes out.
Profile: Daddy Long Legs
The simple fact is Daddy Long Legs didn’t like his experience at Churchill Downs.
Profile: Liaison
Liaison seems happiest in traffic, running next to other horses in a herd.
Profile: Mark Valeski
The key for this horse will be to keep him under emotional control during the early parts of the race.
Profile: Rousing Sermon
Rousing Sermon is a better horse than he is being given credit for.
Profile: Sabercat
Sabercat does reasonably well at a lot of things, but he’s not a powerhouse.
Profile: Daddy Nose Best
Daddy Nose Best appears to be a classic buddy-up horse.
Profile: Prospective
Prospective has shown some development at age 3, but not enough to win this race.
Profile: Trinniberg
Trinniberg shows no interest at all in the group dynamic, and that could be a problem in a 20-horse field.
Profile: Optimizer
Optimizer showed some good grit in the Rebel, but his other three races this year were throwaways.