Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Report: Smarty Jones
January 22nd, 2018
The bay colt provided Bob Baffert with his first triumph in the one-mile race and considering how the Hall of Fame trainer and four-time Kentucky Derby-scoring trainer has dominated the prep races at Oaklawn Park, winning the Arkansas Derby-Rebel-Southwest a combined 12 times, it only seems fitting to see the white-haired wizard add the Smarty Jones to his ledger.
Mourinho won’t be the only 3-year-old Baffert sends to Hot Springs, Arkansas for the 2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby series.
A son of 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, Mourinho garnered a career-best 99 BRIS Speed rating making his first two-turn start. He was exiting a pair of runner-up finishes in sprint stakes and will bring high speed to future engagements.
The winner had everything his own way up front and Combatant finished nicely from off the pace, reducing the margin in the short stretch as he wound up a clear second. The Scat Daddy colt moved forward off a non-threatening second in the December 17 Springboard Mile at Remington Park, earning career-best 95 BRIS Speed and 98 Late Pace numbers, and appears to be progressing nicely for Steve Asmussen.
Here are the top BRIS Speed ratings so far in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series:
|
Horse (finish) |
|
Race |
|
BRIS Speed |
|
Bolt d’Oro |
|
FrontRunner (1st) |
|
105 |
|
Good Magic |
|
BC Juvenile (1st) |
|
105 |
|
McKinzie |
|
Sham (1st) |
|
104 |
|
Solomini |
|
Los Alamitos Futurity (3rd) |
|
101 |
|
McKinzie |
|
Los Alamitos Futurity (1st) |
|
100 |
|
Instilled Regard |
|
Los Alamitos Futurity (2nd) |
|
100 |
|
Solomini |
|
BC Juvenile (2nd) |
|
100 |
|
All Out Blitz |
|
Sham (2nd) |
|
99 |
|
Bolt d’Oro |
|
BC Juvenile (3rd) |
|
99 |
|
Catholic Boy |
|
Remsen (1st) |
|
98 |
|
Firenze Fire |
|
Champagne (1st) |
|
96 |
|
Instilled Regard |
|
Lecomte (1st) |
|
96 |
|
Good Magic |
|
Champagne (2nd) |
|
96 |
|
Solomini |
|
FrontRunner (2nd) |
|
96 |
|
Firenze Fire |
|
Jerome (1st) |
|
94 |
|
Seven Trumpets |
|
Jerome (2nd) |
|
94 |
|
My Boy Jack |
|
Sham (3rd) |
|
94 |
|
Shivermetimbers |
|
Sham (4th) |
|
94 |
|
Enticed |
|
Ky Jockey Club (1st) |
|
93 |
|
Greyvitos |
|
Springboard Mile (1st) |
|
93 |
|
Avery Island |
|
Remsen (2nd) |
|
93 |
|
Tiz Mischief |
|
Ky Jockey Club (2nd) |
|
93 |
|
The Tabulator |
|
Iroquois (1st) |
|
92 |
|
Principe Guilherme |
|
Lecomte (2nd) |
|
92 |
|
Enticed |
|
Champagne (3rd) |
|
92 |
|
Snapper Sinclair |
|
Lecomte (3rd) |
|
92 |
|
Free Drop Billy |
|
Breeders’ Futurity (1st) |
|
91 |
|
Combatant |
|
Springboard Mile (2nd) |
|
91 |
|
Hollywood Star |
|
Iroquois (2nd) |
|
91 |
|
Vouch |
|
Remsen (3rd) |
|
91 |
|
Promises Fulfilled |
|
Ky Jockey Club (3rd) |
|
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
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