Found it interesting that this son of 2013 Preakness winner Oxbow was moderately backed (23-1) in the Derby field of 20 considering he finished a distant third in his previous race, the Santa Anita Derby at higher odds (26-1) versus just 5 rivals. My point is this one-time winner was somewhat respected when facing the best of his class, yet he is disrespected here based on his 30-1 Morning Line odds.

In my humble opinion the Derby is a toss because he lost all chance before the starting gate opened. If you recall as the last runner was loaded into the Derby starting gate, Happy Jack in Post Position 2 acted up such that the assistant starter backed him out of the gate, the on-track Veterinarian did a quick check, gave a thumbs up and back into the gate he went.