Full updated Kentucky Derby odds as of 7:30 Saturday morning show Irish War Cry as the second choice, Always Dreaming as the favorite.
Kentucky Derby odds and post positions were announced this morning, with Irish War Cry the 6-1 fourth choice and Classic Empire favored at 4-1.
While many trainers sent their horses to Churchill Downs, Graham Motion kept Irish War Cry home at Fair Hill until Monday. He sat down with Gary Quill to discuss that decision and much else.
At New Jersey’s Overbrook Farm, manager Rory Huston is keeping close tabs on Irish War Cry, whom he remembers as “a nice-looking foal.”
With his win in the Arkansas Derby, Classic Empire surged to the top of the NTRA Top 3-year-old Poll, while Arrogate held the top spot overall.
Gaston Grant and Isabelle de Tomaso couldn’t be more dissimilar. But their stories, and those of their star horses, Green Gratto and Irish War Cry, merged Saturday.
In our latest weekend wrap, Jersey-breds triumph, the grass is greener, and some punning.
Irish War Cry got back on the winning track yesterday in the Wood Memorial, which also secured him a berth in the Kentucky Derby.
In the second Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2017, Fast and Accurate and Long On Value made major forward moves after big efforts.
Maryland-based Irish War Cry has been installed as the 7-2 third choice for Saturday’s Grade 2 Wood Memorial as he hopes to earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby.
