Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I) - April 6, 2019

Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I) Won by Roadster

[@Bestdaytradingstocks]

Unreal race by Roadster...couldn't believe how far back Mike Smith let him drop back, and then boom, he took off!

[@spiritcreek9813]

Mike Smith praising the Lord for a safe trip and the win. Thank heaven all came home in one piece. 🐎

[@Dylan-qz7zc]

Wow Game Winners run was BIG!

[@redsky8763]

Rosario was moving on Game Winner at the far turn (4 wide the whole way) while Roadster sat chilly and fell back. GW was tanked by the 16th pole. Easy to see who ran the better race.

[@RoadToRetire25]

Wow surprisingly great race

[@mousegouse]

Mike Smith made all the difference here, he knows all these horses.

[@roshankuriakose2788]

What happened Mackenzie? He ride him his all races

[@fredericocampean1693]

Yes, Mousegouse. He is a fantastic jockey. It is so nice see this man up.

[@kalog0220]

Game Winner did all the hard work.

[@tombrady7616]

Finally Santa Anita decides to make the track safe. More cushion & slower times like the east coast. 1:51 for a 1 1/8 is slow, but safe. Just have to see what happens when it rains

[@gregriessland1552]

1:48 when adjusted, a very nice win and really liked him coming in ran well enough to get it done. Loved his race coming in and you could see the difference that day.

[@gregriessland1552]

@@kitsunedao3895 I think she ended up with a 1:43 adjusted.

[@lawrencevaccarelli708]

TRACK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT .

[@jamesreed7566]

My pic for my derby is GAME WINNER ....he is game in defeat .

[@michaeldennis7950]

And game winners jockey lets up slightly so Roadster can pass and get Baffert another horse in the derby. You have to know how many of these horses are trained and owned by the same people to understand the game. Getting in the KD the trainers run the show, once they qualify the owners pick their best chance and many enter two, one with the best chance of winning, the other to set pace, block etc. After that the KD running itself is legit but only after these other things have taken place.

[@mikeepperson9685]

Exactly , get as many in as you can.If Game Winner wins the race Roadster would be on the bubble today. Blueprint followed to the T

[@evanrachbuch7850]

watch that again Joel is driving on Game Winner but when he knew he was beat by Mike Smith who isn't driving on Roadster what is he going to do lol..I know get as many as you have in but Roadster is a better horse

[@michaeldennis7950]

@@evanrachbuch7850 He very well might be hard to say off so few races. But with so few races, post position and the trip they get I think this year is as wide open as any.

[@fabianmayers5491]

Bob and Joel played with Game Winner. This horse could have won the Rebel stakes and the santa Anita derby. what I've observed from watching those two race replays is that in the rebel Joel only started using the whip on the horse in mid stretch but in the SA derby he used the whip entering the lane and as soon as they pass instergran Joel drop his hands when he saw roadster

[@CrystalSanchez094]

honestly, every time I see Mike Smith I see him riding Zenyatta all those years ago

[@michaellucas669]

That's his girl

[@jetclean]

Bring back Trevor Denmen

[@TheGregory99]

Or at least Michael Wrona

[@Kaidhicksii]

He was the one who called races here before this guy, right? In that case DEFINITELY bring him back.

[@DanielSong39]

He's fine, no worse than Larry Colmus

[@bassbeatzproductions8479]

Big money mike!!! HOF forsure man, he knows these horse !

[@scottjones5455]

So if Mike rides Roadster who is going to ride Omaha Beach I wonder. It's Richard Mandella so who might he call on?

[@roshankuriakose2788]

Flavian frat

[@tina-xu7nf]

savor the flavor roadster you may find it a bit hard to pass game in the derby

[@MrPMGabriel]

Great race,but I think Roaster can't win the Kentucky Derby because he wasn't so impressive here in a race with a very short field.What is more , he isn't a horse who need to stay near the lead,and sometimes this is a disadvantage for derby horses.

[@jenniferflynn7168]

Wow..I'm torn between roadster and Omaha! Ugh

[@sherylejeffers5484]

Omaha.....!!!! for sure

[@anthonyvargas888]

Roadster, what a bust! Won and done! Where is he now? Did he retire?

[@jamesreed7566]

Game Winner is F-i-T

[@jedinitedj8926]

Maximum security 3 sec faster

[@jedinitedj8926]

Maximum Security doesent need the lead, Even if Omaha Bech jumps out front, MS will pass him up like he did in his tag race back in january. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2jCgn1-Z8Shp8k

[@Kaidhicksii]

Watched this race live, you can see my thoughts here: www.horseracingnation.com/news/Roadster_reverses_fortunes_to_win_Santa_Anita_Derby_123. Gotta add though, Roadster's got quite the turn of foot. HOLY HORSE!

[@SumoCumLoudly]

Neither of these horses were all out, just hands and heels in the finish. Another ridiculous ride by Joel Rosario really, he must have run 50/60 feet further than Roadster and gets beat a neck. Roadster had a dream set up and trip here, not convinced he is a 10f horse, game winner is screaming for the extra furlong.

[@1minnows]

Baffert should replace Rosario for the Derby.

[@rzz9594]

thats great for the owners, trainers,jockeys , whether a horse is first or last. how are they rewarded? they get stuck in a stable; lucky to get a carrot/apple or oats. do they get to go to the horsey bar with their racemates .throw back some beer and check out the hot fillies ????hellll no.....

[@johnnyquest6115]

Whenever I get on a Toledo scale the arm spins all around until it bounces off the end. I'd probably kill a horse the moment I sit on it!

[@SubscribersNoVideos-xk7tf]

I love santa! But pewdiepie are my desert! Bad English Bad!

[@bernardcrowley1816]

6 horse field ?....good luck handicapping a 20 horse field in 2 weeks.

[@kennywolber5775]

Baffert won't win the derby this year Mike Smith deciding to ride Omaha beach says a lot but there's a lot more speed this year so with a fast track I think your gunna see a nice priced horse win

[@GrynchGoblinClan]

so, good luck for everyone here but the derby winner this year will be Maximum Security...

[@tombrady7616]

Andrés Herrera. Maximum Security. NO SHOT 😂😂😂

[@TeamDaemon1980]

Mike Smith will win the Kentucky Derby with Omaha Beach. This crop is crap.

[@BeasTxMode2000]

lmao every year every crop is crap. stfu

[@jeffmejia3556]

Another joke of prep involving Baffert. First of all a six horse field? Especially for a prep that produced last years K Derby/Triple Crown winner? 2/3 of the field were horses by Baffert and Hollendorfer. Rosario moving well before the second turn? Essentially Baffert using one horse to set another up for the win. Tired of Baffert and his antics. Time for him to go. If any of his horses are worth their salt INCLUDING last years Triple Crown winner you don’t need to run as a team. Essentially he chose the Santa Anita track for this because his charges were getting beat at other tracks for their preps. Anybody who thinks that Smith was the difference must be drunk or new to the sport. Since he rode in New York he was and still is a sub par jockey. He was second fiddle to Jerry Bailey and when Cordero and Vasquez were still riding who was Mike Smith? I’ll say it here first==no Kentucky derby winner this year for Baffert and all his charges, what’s left of them, are sub par this year. Oh and I hope mike smith is on one of them in the k Derby. I want to hear the excuses or will I be met with silence which is what I usually hear when mike smith loses a major stakes race.

[@alfredg6758]

Lol. Smith just won triple crown, enough said

[@michaeldennis7950]

Watch for the coownership to mess things up too, you need a really good independently trained and owned horse to take the Baffert collusion out of the picture. Pletcher may have trained Audible but he was coowned by the same people who owned Justify. Pulled from Preakness and Belmont for that reason.

[@mauricewillims1656]

@@michaeldennis7950 where is audible now. You have no. Racing Sence. Great trainers. Get great horse to train

[@mauricewillims1656]

You guys are sour grapes and haters. They were more trainers b4 baffert. Why they did not win more derbys. Haters haters. Best trainer on dirt rite now suck up that

[@michaeldennis7950]

@@mauricewillims1656 And you don't know racing strategy I just used Audible as an example of how trainers with multiple horses and multiple owners for horses the decisions about what races to run, how to run them etc are not always straightforward or as simple as try to have every horse run to win every race. You really think Baffert wanted GW to beat Roadster meaning he would have a horse on the bubble instead of another in the derby. I'm not saying roadster couldn't win the KD just that in the SA Game Winner was not supposed to win.