I still think Bob Baffert will have something to say about who wins the Derby, but at this point, I’m giving Omaha Beach a slight edge based on what I saw in Arkansas,\u201d <\/strong>said Jody Demling, a horse racing handicapper for Sportsline.com.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\nRoadster\u2019s New Rider<\/h2>\n
After the Smith news broke, Baffert quickly settled on his new jockey.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s official, I\u2019ll be aboard Roadster in the 145th Kentucky Derby for Bob Baffert and Speedway Stable!!!\u201d <\/strong>tweeted jockey Florent Geroux. \u201cGrateful for this tremendous opportunity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Frenchman doesn\u2019t have a Derby win under his belt, but the 32-year-old has won more than 1,160 races. That includes the 2017 Breeders Cup Classic with Gun Runner and the 2018 Kentucky Oaks with Monomoy Girl.<\/p>\n
Omaha Beach wasn\u2019t the only Derby horse to arrive at Churchill Downs on Tuesday. Tacitus, who won both the Tampa Bay Derby and the Wood Memorial, arrived at the track in the morning.<\/p>\n
That brings the total of Derby entrants already at the track to seven. The others include Country House, Louisiana Derby winner By My Standards, Improbable, Rebel Stakes (Division I) winner Long Range Toddy, and UAE Derby winner Plus Que Parfait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Omaha Beach arrived in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday afternoon, and a short time later, his rider for the Kentucky Derby was confirmed. According to the Daily Racing Form, jockey Mike Smith told trainer Richard Mandella that he would take the mount on the Rebel Stakes (Division II) and Arkansas Derby winner. Smith faced a tempting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":103152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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