History is with the Florida Derby winner, but we all of us still have to wait until approximately two minutes after 6pm on that day. My gut tells me that Sierra Leone is going to show up big when it matters.
Don't trust the hype! 2 yrs old champ are 2 for 29 in the Derby. He gets bumped around good luck! Short price too! Motts other horse might just kick his butt at Saratoga. Watch out for the Bridge!
No excuses please. A horse with a lot of heart will overcome adversity. If and if Fierceness wins, then he beats good horses the likes of SL, CF, JAT, HM, and some perhaps highly regarded others like Resilience, Encino? FY, DP. The only horse of note he beat was Muth but that was when they were 2 year old colts
@@johnnys4398 thank you for the reply. Just wondering what Irad felt at the time. Interesting that loyalty to the people who work for you was breached. I could understand if there was a conflict on race day. Time will tell if Irad will ride for Repole again
@@silosvince It was actually the week before the BC. Noted and fierceness worked together it’s on RU-vid and after the workout Johnny asked Todd and the people at the barn what horse was that and it was fierceness and he asked Todd if he can ask repole if he can ride him. But it’s easy to say now as we know what fierceness is but that was after his no show in the champagne at aqueduct so Irad didn’t know what the horse was but Irad is repoles retained rider.
@@johnnys4398 thank you for clarifying that. Hehe. I used to be a horseman in the late 79’s. One of the things a lot of people do not understand is why a good jockey would chose a horse over another. It is about commitment by your agent or the jockey himself. I did not know the underlying circumstances.
Irad Ortiz Couldn't Shine John Velazquez' s Boots On His Best Day. He's Not Cut From The Same Cloth As Velazquez. John Rode With The Greatest Race Rider That Ever Lived In Angel Junior Cordero Jr. Irad Ortiz Rides Like A Bull Rider.. These Riders Nowadays Are Good But They Don't Have Any Style. The 70's And 80' s Riders Were The Best.. Eddie Arcaro Angel Cordero Jr Jorge Velasquez Laffit Pincay Jr Jacinto Vasquez Chris Antley Chris Maccarron Braulio Baeza Manny Icaza Miguel "Macuco" Rivera Jose Santos Bill Shoemaker Eddie Maple Eddie Delayousse Jose Ferrer Jr. Art Madrid Richie Migliore Robbie Davis Mike Smith Ruben Hernandez Pat Day These Names Represent The Best Jockey Colony That Existed Bar None.
At the Derby distance of 1-1/4 miles, he better start thinking about Sierra Madre coming and coming at him in the stretch. There's no way he will be able to withstand that late assault, for SM closed like a rocket at a shorter distance in his last race, working off a slow pace which was confirmed by the horse laying second throughout the race, finishing 2nd. This race is a full 1/8th mile longer !
