The GR II West Virginia Derby

[TJ]

The top 3YO's keep right on coming this Saturday. This time it's Cupid, Mo Tom, Suddenbreakingnews, Adventist, Forevamo, Economic Model and more meeting up to run for the major share of this $750,000 pot. Below are the entries and pp's. TJ

8th Race. (C1) Post 5:21PM STAKES
The 47th Running of THE WEST VIRGINIA DERBY (Grade II)
Purse $750,000 Guaranteed 1 1/8 Miles
FOR THREE YEAR OLDS.
1 CUPID (L) P Baffert, B Bejarano, R 122
2 NO DISTORTION (L) $142,480 Jones, J Saez, G 118
3 MO TOM (L) P Amoss, T Bravo, J 120
4 PINSON (L) $51,871 Maker, M Lanerie, C 118
5 WHATEVERYBODYWANTS(L) $89,970 Gorder, K 118
6 NAME CHANGER (L) $82,000 Goldberg, A Toledo, J 118
7 VAN DAMME (L) $91,041 Gorham, R Houghton, T 118
8 ADVENTIST (L) $301,000 Gyarmati, L Gryder, A 118
9 ECONOMIC MODEL (L) $324,400Brown, C Carmouche, K 118
10 ANAXIMANDROS (L) $51,720 Yanakov, M Reyes, L 118
11 FOREVAMO (L) $322,270 Stall, Jr., A Geroux, F 118
12 SUDDENBREAKINGNEWS (L) P Von Hemel, D Quinonez, L 120
--Also Eligibles--
13 FORT PULASKI (L) $34,200 Pish, D Parker, D 118

Click on Cupid: http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/briswatc ... ummary.htm

[Cree]

Mo Tom is out.

Suddenbreakingnews... the race might set up nicely for him, if he can get himself untangled and rolling.
Economic Model... I think he just ran out of room last time. Really like this colt.
No Distortion
Cupid

[TJ]

Economic Model is also scratched. TJ

Forevamo
Adventist
Suddenbreakingnews
Cupid

[TJ]

Here's the finish:
Cupid...impressive 4 length win for the Baffert trainee.
Whateverybodywants...2nd by two at 74-1
Namechanger...3rd
Anaxamandros...4th

[TJ]

Here's the replay:
http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?tra ... ountry=USA