03/04/2022. Mondo Ippico Internazionale: Zandon (Kentucky Derby – USA), Echo Zulu (Kentucky Oaks – USA), Un Ojo, Botta Swing & State of Rest

 

Zandon Draws Post 10, Tabbed as 3-1 Kentucky Derby ML Favorite

LOUISVILLE, KY – With all of the morning buzz surrounding Zandon (Upstart) since his dramatic come-from-behind victory in the GI Toyota Blue Grass S., Mike Battaglia installed the handsome dark bay as the 3-1 morning-line… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Nest Favored at 5-2 in Kentucky Oaks for the Ages

LOUISVILLE, KY – Just how deep is the field for Friday’s GI Kentucky Oaks? Unbeaten champion 2-year-old filly and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Echo Zulu (Gun Runner), a game winner by a nose while making her sophomore… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Un Ojo Defection Allows Ethereal Road to Draw Into Derby

According to a tweet from Churchill Downs’ Senior Director of Communications and Media Services Darren Rogers, Un Ojo (Laoban), who registered a 75-1 upset in the GII Rebel S. at Oaklawn Park Feb. 26, was… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Not This Time Filly Bests Boys En Route to Rising Stardom

Hoolie Racing Stable and Bruce Lunsford’s Botta Swing (Not This Time–Lady of the Glen, by Purim), taking on the boys while looking to carry her sire’s hot streak into the juvenile ranks, came out running… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

State of Rest Pounces For Ganay Triumph

Joseph O’Brien trainee State of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) enjoyed a fruitful sophomore campaign last year and the 4-year-old’s globetrotting exploits yielded wins in August’s GI Saratoga Derby Invitational and October’s G1 Cox Plate at… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

by TDN