2007 Graded Earnings list

[Sam]

(psssst, Rogue, can I get a sticky?)

Culled from the Churchill Downs site so I'm going to assume this is accurate as of yesterday's races:

Help me out, who the hell are some of these horses?

1 Street Sense $1,482,000
2 Scat Daddy $1,308,500
3 Circular Quay $1,116,134
4 Curlin $780,000
5 Nobiz Like Shobiz $778,500
6 Great Hunter $752,500
7 Stormello $642,900
8 Dominican $498,484
9 Tiago $450,000
10 Cowtown Cat $437,253
11 Hard Spun $360,000
12 Storm in May $227,500 <---- ????
13 Zanjero $205,000
14 Any Given Saturday $177,969
15 Liquidity $161,200
16 Officer Rocket (GB) $153,260 <--- Can't think his connections will still go after yesterday
17 Cobalt Blue $150,000 <---- ????
18 Sam P. $146,500
19 Sedgefield $127,500 <---- 3rd in the Tropical Park, right? Has he done ANYTHING else?
20 Teuflesberg $122,942
21 Chelokee $100,000
22 Deadly Dealer $100,000
23 Belgravia $86,490
24 Bold Start $85,000
25 Delightful Kiss $83,000
26 Summer Doldrums $58,834
27 Joe Got Even $56,445
28 Going Ballistic $55,742
29 Flying First Class $20,000

[Maven]

Cobalt Blue is the Merv Griffin horse.

[Rokeby Forever]

1000. Olympic Chief $0

[geowarrior]

Sedgefield was second in the Lane's End to Hard Spun.

[geowarrior]

Storm In May was second in the Arkansas Derby to Curlin.

Which other horses are you wondering about, Sam?

[Sam]

Storm In May was second in the Arkansas Derby to Curlin.

Which other horses are you wondering about, Sam?

Cobalt Blue, at the moment. I know I've seen him, but couldn't have been that impressed as I can't recall where I saw him.

Honestly, I think we saw the Derby winner in the Blue Grass yesterday. I was more impressed by Street Sense losing yesterday than I was with him winning a few weeks ago.

Really not all that impressed with anything in the Ark Derby (didn't see the race until just now as I don't have HRTV and couldn't get the feed to run on my computer).

Can't really recall Going Ballistic either.

[Sam]

1000. Olympic Chief $0

If you have to use a joke more than once, it's no longer funny. Actually, it wasn't funny the first time you used it.

[Heidilady]

Sedgefield's another son of Smart Strike and a full brother to English Channel which I swear I must've known but it never got past my short term memory bank. SS isn't doing so bad right now is he? I would guess at some point ol' Sedgefield's gonna have his 4 hooves hit the turf what with his breeding. Nevermind his big bro, being out of a Theatrical mare is something too.

Do we know how Liquidity and Sam P. are doing?

[Sam]

Do we know how Liquidity and Sam P. are doing?

Supposedly Liquidity is going to be trained up to the derby. 6 weeks rest, I think? Can't remember when he ran last.

I've no clue what's going on with Sam P.

[Heidilady]

Do we know how Liquidity and Sam P. are doing?

Supposedly Liquidity is going to be trained up to the derby. 6 weeks rest, I think? Can't remember when he ran last.

I've no clue what's going on with Sam P.

I haven't looked over Sam P.'s stats in awhile. Does he have enough speed to do the job? Clearly his pedigree will let him run all day and then some, wow, but what about running whilst in first place?

Evan Hammonds ideal Derby starting gate via Bloodhorse has a couple horses, Reporting for Duty and Albertus Maximus, that I didn't know about in terms of graded earnings. I mean RoD was 2nd in the Illinois Derby which is G3 right? So what about his $$. Could they even make the field? And interesting that Albert the Great's got another promising 3yo.

[habitat]

Do we know how Liquidity and Sam P. are doing?

Supposedly Liquidity is going to be trained up to the derby. 6 weeks rest, I think? Can't remember when he ran last.

I've no clue what's going on with Sam P.

I thought Liquidity ran last week in California, didnt do well

[Rokeby Forever]

Who's joking about Olympic Chief, Sam? I'm simply recognizing the accomplishments of the downtrodden. From your prior writings, that's something you should be proud of. Doesn't a scale based on $$$ go against everything you believe in? And you're the one keeping tabs...now, that's funny!

[geowarrior]

Cobalt Blue is doubtful after finishing well down the field in the Illinois Derby. He's a nice horse, but the problem is that when he's prominent in a race, we run the risk of being subjected to a song from his owner, Merv Griffin. You haven't suffered till you've heard Griffin sing "My Old Kentucky Home".

[Sam]

Updated list post-Lexington:

1 Street Sense $1,482,000
2 Scat Daddy $1,308,500
3 Circular Quay $1,116,134
4 Curlin $780,000
5 Nobiz Like Shobiz $778,500
6 Great Hunter $752,500
7 Stormello $642,900
8 Dominican $498,484
9 Tiago $450,000
10 Cowtown Cat $437,253
11 Hard Spun $360,000
12 Storm in May $227,500
13 Zanjero $205,000
** Slew's Tizzy $201,500 (?) <--- Not expected to run
14 Any Given Saturday $177,969
15 Liquidity $161,200
16 Cobalt Blue $150,000
17 Sam P. $146,500
18 Sedgefield $127,500
19 Teuflesberg $122,942
20 Chelokee $100,000
21 Reporting For Duty $100,000
** Starbase $90,000(?) <--- not expected to run
22 Belgravia $86,490 <--- Going to assume he's not going after today's piss poor effort.
23 Delightful Kiss $83,000
24 Joe Got Even $66,195
25 Going Ballistic $55,742

[geowarrior]

Sam, there's something not quite right with this list. Xchanger won the Tesio and is up there in the earnings list, and there is a possibility he might go in the Derby.