Anyone Follow Horse Racing?

[klinkman]

Z Fortune

Top Performances: 3rd in the Ohio Derby[G2], 2nd in the Arkansas Derby[G2], 2nd in the Risen Star Stakes[G3], 1st in the LeComte Stakes[not graded]

Notable Misfires: 8th in the West Virginia Derby [G3], 7th in the Iowa Derby[not graded], 10th in the Kentucky Derby[G1], 5th in the Rebel Stakes[G2]

A master of inconstancy, Z Fortune has never won a graded stakes, and has failed to fire in several. It's hard what to expect him to do next, as 2 of his biggest failures have been races where he was supposed to be up against weaker competition. I would probably put him back in an Allowance race of some sort to see how he performs before paying all the entry fees for him to not fire in another stakes race. But I know Zayat stables won't do that. I just have no idea what he will do.

[klinkman]

Adriano

Top Performances: 1st in the Lane's End Stakes[G2]

Notable Misfires: 19th in the Kentucky Derby, 9th in the Fountain of Youth[G2]

He's running in the Kent Stakes[G3] Saturday, where he is the morning line favorite, so we'll see how he does against a weak seeming field. If he fails to fire here it should be time for him to take a big step down in class. But he does seem to like polytrack ok, so a good performance might put him into consideration for the Breeder's Cup races later in the summer.

[klinkman]

Kodiak Kowboy

Top Performances: 1st in the Amsterdam Stakes[G2], 2nd in the Derby Trial[not graded], 3rd in the Breeder's Cup Juvenile[G1], 1st in the Saratoga Special[G2], 1st in the Bashford Manner[G3]

Notable Misfires: 5th in the King's Bishop Stakes[G1]

Kodiak Kowboy ran the race of his life to win the Amsterdam by a nose over Desert Key. It took a lot out of him to pull that off, and it showed when he failed to fire in the King's Bishop. Where he'll go next is interesting, but I hope that the final goal is the Breeder's Cup Sprint, as I think he is fit and talented enough for it. He's certainly a top quality sprinter but has not been tried over a mile, and it seems unlikely that he's capable of it.