2013 Florida Derby Post Position and Analysis

Contributed By Post Time Pete
Posted on 3/29/13 8:15 PM

The Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park is the premier Kentucky Derby prep race in the state of Florida. It's a 100-40-20-10 points race and it happens today - March 30!

The team of Todd Pletcher and Rosie Napravnik will be on the rail with two-year old champion Shanghai Bobby. Dale "Pass Me Another Corn Dog" Romans runs two horses - Pick of the Litter and Pontiff, the lone maiden in the race. The field also includes Itsmyluckyday, who beat Shanghai Bobby in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3), Frac Daddy who ran 6th in the Holy Bull Stakes, and Orb who won the Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Also running are Indy's Illusion , an A.P. Indy Colt, Merit Man winner of the Tim Conway Stakes at Santa Anita and Spectacular Bid Stakes at Gulfstream Park, Are You Kidding Me who is making his debut on dirt, and Narvaez, Holy Bull colt.

I like the Shanghai Bobby with Rosie Napravnik to win this one. Itsmyluckyday will push the Pletcher colt again and should definitely finish in the money. My longshot is Merit Man ridden by Kent Desormeaux.

Here's the field for the 2013 Florida Derby:

 

No.   Horse / Sire A/S Med Weight Trainer Jockey Early Line
1 Shanghai Bobby Shanghai Bobby
Harlan's Holiday
3/C L 122 Todd A. Pletcher Rosie Napravnik 5-2
2 Pick of the Litter Pick of the Litter
Kitten's Joy
3/C L 122 Dale L. Romans Jesus L. Castanon 6-1
3 Itsmyluckyday Itsmyluckyday
Lawyer Ron
3/C L 122 Edward Plesa, Jr. Elvis Trujillo 2-1
4 Pontiff Pontiff
Lawyer Ron
3/C L 122 Dale L. Romans Alan Garcia 30-1
5 Frac Daddy Frac Daddy
Scat Daddy
3/C L 122 Kenneth G. McPeek Corey J. Lanerie 20-1
6 Orb Orb
Malibu Moon
3/C L 122 Claude R. McGaughey III John R. Velazquez 3-1
7 Indy's Illusion Indy's Illusion
A.P. Indy
3/C L 122 Barclay Tagg Rajiv Maragh 20-1
8 Merit Man Merit Man
With Distinction
3/C L 122 Robert B. Hess, Jr. Kent J. Desormeaux 15-1
9 Are You Kidding Me Are You Kidding Me
Run Away and Hide
3/C L 122 Roger L. Attfield Jose Lezcano 15-1
10 Narvaez Narvaez
Holy Bull
3/C L 122 Agustin C. Bezara Paco Lopez 20-1
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