The field for next Saturday's Kentucky derby 2016 is not unlike other
years, filled with intrigue, doubt and hope. Especially hope.If you look at the
20 horses scheduled to go to post, you'll find they've run 125 races, with 57
winning efforts. Twenty-nine of those wins were graded stakes. No shortage of
talent.But on paper, there should be no question which horse is the best, an
undefeated colt, based at Santa Anita, who has done absolutely, positively
nothing wrong. Yet there are doubters.
Kentucky derby
2016 Live Stream Nyquist won all five races as a 2-year-old including the
Breeders' Cup Juvenile. In the 35 years of the Breeders' Cup only once has that
horse gone on to win the Kentucky Derby, Street Sense in 2007. So, that's one
strike against Nyquist. The Doug O'Neill colt traveled to Gulfstream to take on
the best horse in the east, undefeated Mohaymen. Nyquist won going away. So he
must be due for a bounce race, right? Another strike.
Kentucky derby
Live Stream After five straight wins, his badly beaten fourth in the
Florida Derby had a lot of supporters going elsewhere. But every horse, even
Triple Crown winners such as Secretariat and American Pharoah, can have a bad
race. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said, "He's had two bad minutes in his
whole life … He works great all the time. He trains fabulous. Everybody is
getting to see what I see every day." The chances of two bad races in a
row by this gray, not very likely.
2016 Kentucky derby
will there be back-to-back Triple Crown winners. Before American Pharoah, the
last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978, which came one year after
Seattle Slew accomplished that feat. So, that little statistical oddity is
viewed as a bit of racing karma heading into this season.Sure, it's possible,
but the toughest race to win is always the Kentucky Derby if for no other
reason than a 20-horse field. Add in more than 150,000 people in the stands and
it takes a very special horse to not get nervous or rattled as post time
approaches.
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