The GR III Southwest Stakes

[TJ]

Below are the entries for Monday's (Feb. 15th) Gr III Southwest Stakes...take note they are in post position order. The program numbers are seen in the past performance below. The Southwest is the final 10 point Derby prep race...they begin the 50 point Derby Championship Series next Saturday, Feb. 20th, with the Gr II Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds. TJ

9th Race. (C8)Post 5:09PM
The 51st Running of THE SOUTHWEST STAKES (Grade III)
Purse $500,000 Guaranteed 1 1/16 Miles
THREE YEAR OLDS.
1 COLLECTED (L) Baffert, B Garcia, M 122
2 WHITMORE (L) R2 Moquett, R Smith, M 117
3a AMERICAN DUBAI (L) R19 Richards, R De La Cruz, W 115
4a TORRONTES (L) R5 Gorder, K Hill, C 115
5 BIRD OF TREY (L) 17 Servis, J Navarro, J 117
6b SYNCHRONY (L) Von Hemel DK Bridgmohan, S 117
7 Z ROYAL (L) 4 Lukas, D Stevens, G 115
8 GORDY FLORIDA (L) 0 Smith, KP Corbett, G 115
9 WAR STROLL (L) R9 McPeek, K Landeros, C 115
10 CUTACORNER (L) R5 Van Berg, J Hamilton, Q 117
11 SIDING SPRING (L) 1 Casse, M Rocco, Jr., J 115
12 LUNA DE LOCO (L) 0 Asmussen, S Santana, Jr., R 115
13bSUDDENBREAKINGNEWS (L) 0 Von Hemel DK Quinonez, L 117
14 DISCREETNESS (L) 0 Fires, W Court, J 122
a -- Keith, Richard; Beckett Racing Team and Thornton, David
b -- Pin Oak Stable; Henderson, Samuel
Blinkers On: Siding Spring; Torrontes

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[TJ]

Collected
Siding Spring
Discreetness
Bird Of Trey

[Cree]

Whitmore
Discreetness
Siding Spring
Collected

[Cree]

Suddenbreakingnews over Whitmore.
They came home slow, I am not confident in this race producing the next Derby winner!

Other than Smarty Jones, this race hasn't really made a dent in the Triple Crown.

[TJ]

Suddenbreakingnews over Whitmore.
They came home slow, I am not confident in this race producing the next Derby winner!

Other than Smarty Jones, this race hasn't really made a dent in the Triple Crown.

Hi Cree,
That was a pretty impressive run from the winner. Your horse, Whitmore (Smith) may have been caught napping and never saw the winner coming? Internal fractions were fast for the SW....left nothing for anyone near the pace and set up the strong finish by the top two. Still have to give credit to Suddenbreakingnews and Whitmore. SBNews' trainer has always been sneaky good, but never quite made the grade on the TC trail. Should be interesting to see how this one does moving forward, reminds me a bit of Archarcharch and the run he put in to win the Arkansas Derby, where I expect we will see him eventually, after the Rebel Stakes. Here's the replay. TJ
http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?tra ... ountry=USA

[Cree]

It was certainly a long, steady drive he put in.
I didn't even notice the gelding in the PPs beforehand, he's definitely done nothing wrong in his 6 starts. I liked the way he gobbled up ground, even if it was in slow fractions. He has a very long stride.

[geowarrior]

I didn't even realize the race was being run - forgot that there are many races on Presidents Day, but I didn't get a holiday from work so I missed all the interesting things that happened.