Derby Training And Results 2008-2009

For the 2008 and 2009 Derby fields I had made up charts as follows:

number of speed events (breezes/races) for the year
number of speed furlongs for the year.

I had also charted recent speed events in the last 45 days pre-derby for 2008 and the last 35 days for 2009. The summaries of year to date charts appear below ranked most to least.

Also listed, was the horse:

C = Competitive
NC = Non-Competitive

2009 Derby (speed events/furlongs for the year):

C 17/107 Chocolate Candy
C 17/103 Papa Clem
NC 17/98 Flying Private
NC 16/97 Mr. Hot Stuff
C 16/88 Pioneer Of The Nile
NC 14/82 Dunkirk
C 14/75 Join In The Dance
C 13/75 Mine That Bird
C 13/75 Musket Man
NC 13/71 Advice
C unknown Regal Ransom
NC unknown Desert Party
NC 12/64 Nowhere To Hide
NC 11/61 Hold Me Back
NC 11/68 Friesan Fire
NC 11/63 Atomic Rain
NC 10/62 General Quarters
C 10/60 Summer Bird
NC 9/55 West Side Bernie

For 2009, high correlation with year to date work/results. A little less so for 2008 as several of the "Cs" appear at the bottom of the list:

C 18/96 Pyro
C 18/81 Tale Of Ekati
C 17/88 Colonel John
C 17/88 Bob Black Jack
NC 17/90 Z Fortune
C 16/80 Anak Nakal
NC 16/94 Big Truck
NC 16/101 Smooth Air
C 14/79 Dennis Of Cork
NC 14/64 Cool Coal Man
NC 14/60 Court Vision
NC 14/60 Adriano
NC ?/74 Visionaire
NC 13/74 Gayego
NC 13/63 Momba
C 13/57 Cowboy Cal
NC 13/? Z Humor
C 12/71 Recapturetheglory
C 11/56 Big Brown
C 9/52 Eight Belles


2008 and 2009 combined:

C 18/96 Pyro. (barely competitive. He did make a run.)
C 18/81 Tale of Ekati
C 17/107 Chocolate Candy
C 17/103 Papa Clem
NC 17/98 Flying Private
C 17/88 Colonel John
C 17/88 Bob Black Jack
NC 17/90 Z Fortune
NC 16/97 Mr. Hot Stuff
C 16/88 Pioneer Of The Nile
C 16/80 Anak Nakal
NC 16/94 Big Truck.
NC 16/101 Smooth Air.
NC 14/82 Dunkirk
C 14/79 Dennis Of Cork
C 14/75 Join In The Dance
NC 14/64 Cool Coal Man
NC 14/60 Court Vision
NC 14/60 Adriano
C 13/75 Mine That Bird
C 13/75 Musket Man
NC ?/74 Visionaire
NC 13/74 Gayego
NC 13/71 Advice
NC 13/63 Momba
C 13/57 Cowboy Cal
C unknown estimated Regal Ransom
NC unknown estimated Desert Party
NC 13/? Z Humor
C 12/71 Recapture The Glory
NC 12/64 Nowhere To Hide
NC 11/61 Hold Me Back
C 11/56 Big Brown
NC 11/68 Friesan Fire
NC 11/63 Atomic Rain
NC 10/62 General Quarters
C 10/60 Summer Bird
NC 9/55 West Side Bernie
C 9/52 Eight Belles