BLUEGRASS DERBY WATCH – 3889
With only seven more weeks of racing before the Derby, HOT AND SPICY set the bar by capturing the first Lock Race of the season, drawing off in the sloppy going to win the All Saints Derby in La on Saturday.
Top ranked DISTORTED DRAGON slipped a notch when he ran out of racetrack in the offgoing to finish second in the Grade III Gary Asher Memorial in New York, while irish notes that lenny pulled a Bullwinkle on Saturday when HAIL THE EMPIRE swept past the field in the FelipeAlou Cap.