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April 29, 2012

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.