GOTHAM STAKES
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March 4, 2017
KEY INGREDIENTS: Third in NYRA’s four preps toward the Triple Crown, the Gotham will go head-to-head this year the same weekend as the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park. The Floridians also can await the next week’s Tampa Bay Derby. For much of its history, the Gotham was a 1-turn mile in late March, but it no longer must serve as a sole Wood Memorial provider … and doesn’t have any unique quality about it around 2 turns. MOST RECENT RENEWAL: 6-5 favorite Shagaf (pictured) punched past speedy Laoban late for the score while shipping north from Florida and remaining unbeaten in 3 starts. Chad Brown scored his second NYRA prep of the year (also Flexibility in the G3 Jerome to start the series).
Derby points: 50-20-10-5 STAKES HISTORY TRIPLE CROWN IMPACT: Red Bullet and Easy Goer are the only Gotham winners to post scores in the Triple Crown since Secretariat. All TC alumni since ’10:
K y Derby : Shagaf (DNF, ’16),
Tencendur (17th, ’15), Samraat (5th, ’14), Uncle Sigh (14th, ’14), Vyjack (18th, ’13), Overanalyze (11th, ’13), Hansen (9th, ’12), Done Talking (14th, ’12), Stay Thirsty (12th, ’11), Awesome Act (19th, ’10).
Preakness : Tiger Walk (8th, ’12),
Pretension (11th, ’12), Norman Asbjornson (11th, ’11), Yawanna Twist (4th, ’10).
Belm ont : Samraat (6th, ’14),
Vyjack (8th, ’13), Overanalyze (7th, ’13), My Adonis (8th, ’12), Stay Thirsty (2nd, ’11).