{"id":115413,"date":"2019-09-21T10:47:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=115413"},"modified":"2019-09-21T21:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T04:05:16","slug":"improbable-with-maximum-security-out-favored-in-pennsylvania-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/improbable-with-maximum-security-out-favored-in-pennsylvania-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Improbable, with Maximum Security Out, Favored in Pennsylvania Derby Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maximum Security won\u2019t be in the running, but Saturday\u2019s Grade I Pennsylvania Derby still features a quality field among the six remaining entries. The winner may very well find himself in the mix for the Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic consideration.<\/p>\n

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Trainer Bob Baffert put blinkers back on Improbable for the colt’s win in last month’s Shared Belief Stakes win at Del Mar. Oddsmakers made the 3-year-old colt the morning line favorite for Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby. (Image: Benoit Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Jason Servis-trained colt is out due to a bout of colitis that was diagnosed after a workout on Monday. Instead of him being the morning line favorite, that honor now falls to a colt looking for his first graded stakes win of the year.<\/p>\n

Improbable<\/a> is coming off his first win of the year, by 2-3\/4 lengths in the Shared Belief Stakes on Aug. 25 at Del Mar. It was a much-needed trip to the winner\u2019s circle for the Bob Baffert-trained colt. After a pair of second place finishes in the Rebel Stakes and Arkansas Derby, Improbable failed to impress in the Grade I Kentucky Derby, where he finished fourth after Maximum Security\u2019s disqualification.<\/p>\n

He followed that up with a sixth-place finish in the Grade I Preakness, after which Baffert gave his horse a three-month break. Baffert also put blinkers on Improbable in the Shared Belief. He’ll run with them again Saturday.<\/p>\n

Improbable will break from the second gate Saturday, with Mike Smith getting the mount. He\u2019s currently the 3-1 morning line favorite.<\/p>\n

Mr. Money Steps Up in Class<\/h2>\n

The second choice in the Pennsylvania Derby is the hottest 3-year-old out there. But Mr. Money is stepping up in class in an attempt to win his fifth straight race.<\/p>\n

After finishing off the board in the Risen Star and the Louisiana Derby, trainer Bret Calhoun moved his colt to the shorter races. On the Kentucky Derby card, Mr. Money won the Grade III Pat Day Mile. He followed that up with wins in the Grade III Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill, Grade III Indiana Derby and Indiana Grand, and Mountaineer Park\u2019s Grade III West Virginia Derby.<\/p>\n

The latter he won by six lengths.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, there are bigger and better things for us,\u201d said Mr. Money\u2019s principal owner, Chester Thomas, after the West Virginia victory on Aug. 2.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Money will start from the outside gate with 4-1 morning line odds.<\/p>\n

War of Will Hopes for Another Rebound<\/h2>\n

To say War of Will has had an up-and-down 3-year-old campaign would be an understatement.<\/p>\n

After winning the Grade III LeComte Stakes and Grade II Risen Star, he stumbled out of the gate in the Grade II Louisiana Derby. Even with his ninth-place finish there, he still had more than enough points to qualify for the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n

After his infamous brush with Maximum Security, which ultimately caused the historic disqualification, the Mark Casse-trained colt won the Preakness, where Improbable was the morning line favorite. Since then, he\u2019s followed that up with a ninth-place result in the Grade I Belmont Stakes and a fading fifth-place result in the Grade II Jim Dandy Stakes<\/a> at Saratoga.<\/p>\n

Coming out of the fourth gate, War of Will will start as the 5-1 third choice in the Pennsylvania Derby. But it\u2019s quite possible he\u2019ll get bet down, especially with Maximum Security out of the picture.<\/p>\n

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Grade I Pennsylvania Derby<\/strong>
\n1-1\/8 Miles Post Time: 5:50 pm ET
\nParx Racing, Bensalem, PA<\/p>\n

PP Horse, Trainer, Jockey, ML Odds
\n1 \u2013 Math Wizard, Saffie Joseph, Jr., Edgard Zayas, 8-1
\n2 \u2013 Improbable, Bob Baffert, Mike Smith, 3-1
\n3 \u2013 Shanghai Superfly, Marcos Zulueta, Frankie Pennington, 30-1
\n4 \u2013 War of Will, Mark Casse, Tyler Gaffalione, 5-1
\n5 \u2013 Spun to Run, Carlos Guerrero, Paco Lopez, 8-1
\n6 \u2013 Mr. Money, Bret Calhoun, Gabriel Saez, 4-1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maximum Security won\u2019t be in the running, but Saturday\u2019s Grade I Pennsylvania Derby still features a quality field among the six remaining entries. The winner may very well find himself in the mix for the Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic consideration. The Jason Servis-trained colt is out due to a bout of colitis that was diagnosed after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":115414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nImprobable, with Maximum Security Out, Favored in Pennsylvania Derby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bob Baffert-trained colt won his first race as a 3-year-old last month. 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