The first Classic rankings
of the year! For now I am only going to be doing 5 horses. By the
time the Whitney rolls around though I will be up to 7 and then by
Woodward time I'll be up to 10. So I hope this goes well and we'll
see how it goes.
| Ranking | Horse (Sire) | Trainer | Profile |
| 1 | American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) | Baffert | What can I say, Triple Crown winner. His lone bad race was last year in his career debut. He by far is the best horse in training (remember Shared Belief is currently injured) and its showed. His stablemate Bayern is not the same horse he was last year, California Chrome hasn't won a dirt race since the Preakness... he tops the list for now. |
| 2 | Tonalist (Tapit) | Clement | Lost nothing in defeat in the Met Mile... especially since it wasn't at an optimal distance for him. Should turn the tables on Honor Code in his next. |
| 3 | Frosted (Tapit) | McLaughlin | Like American Pharoah, he has only run one bad race. It did look like he needed Materality to force the pace a little bit more, but even with that I don't think he had any chance to catch AP. |
| 4 | Honor Code (A.P. Indy) | McGaughey | The only reason why I have him this low is because of how unproven he is. Sure he won the Remsen at 2... but the two horses right behind him came back to win G1's at 9 furlongs at 3. He has yet to do that. Also concerned about his injury history. |
| 5 | Keen Ice (Curlin) | Romans | He was the only horse who was closing at the end of the Belmont. He like Frosted needed a faster pace, but unlike Frosted he might have made it a more interesting race. Could be one to watch down the road. |
Also I have a WAYI recap video:
Written previews will be up tomorrow with 1 possibly 2 videos.
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