Normandy Invasion

[Fairmount1]

His race seemed fast compared to Beholder\'s race.  I was impressed visually with his performance.  Curious what beyer figure he gets.  While I know this is Thorograph board, I really feel like the Beyers give me the best feel for what the odds will be in races given that\'s what the majority of the public focus on and likely the majority of the money uses before betting on the big days.

[JoseOcon]

From kentuckyderby.com


\"I\'m very proud of the horse,\" jockey Javier Castellano said of Normandy Invasion. \"He did an amazing run. This is the first time I rode him, and he made a huge run. One more jump, and I could have won the race. His gallop-out was amazing; I had trouble pulling him up. That\'s a great feeling when you\'re looking at the big picture and the Kentucky Derby.\"

[TreadHead]

FTR, my \"stud horse\" is Verrazano and I hold no other futures besides him.  I know this violates the \"too fast too soon\" theory, but there is just too much going for him in terms of running style and breeding plus all the superlatives I hear about his physical appearance, he just seems like the only true Derby horse in a sea of 8/9 furlong horses.

That said, I will certainly be looking for others to use in case he is burnt out and to make up a tri/super ticket, and I\'m less than sold on Orb based on the fact that he is not truly a closer (runs fast fraction like 22+change early and is going slower later, they ran a slower final 8th in the Fla derby without the headwind) and am looking for horses that will truly sit back and make a run late, as I think Verrazano will run most of the earlier pace out of the race (or they will run themselves out being 8f horses trying to go too far).

Completely agree that there is no way we will get double digits on Normandy Invasion, and if he is a small-footed horse then there is a much greater likelihood that he will have trouble with the CD surface.  But as of right now, he is on my short list of horses to potentially round out the tri.