Here are more Kentucky Derby 2009 Prospects. Start your research

Old Fashioned: He won’t win an Eclipse Award, but Old Fashioned is unquestionably the best, the fastest and most talented 2-year-old in the country. In his first two races, his Thoro-Graph speed figures were 1’s, making him one of the fastest 2-year-olds ever. He then won the Remsen in a romp, eased up under the wire. Larry Jones has yet to win a Kentucky Derby, but he’s finished second in each of the last two years, proving he knows how to get a horse there and get them there with a shot.
Here is the 2008 Remsem Stakes replay.

Square Eddie: This horse is even better than you might think. He demolished the competition in the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland in his North American debut and then came back and ran second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Though beaten by 1 ΒΌ lengths in the Juvenile, he ran a remarkable race. The rail was deadly at Santa Anita that day and he never left the fence. He dropped back to third but came on again to reclaim the place position, showing that he’s got guts and talent. The one knock is that he’s never run on a traditional dirt surface and, since he’s based in California with Doug O’Neill, may stick with the synthetics as he preps for the Derby. Is he just some sort of synthetic freak? We’ll find out.

Haynesfield: Funny Cide II? You’re probably not expecting the Kentucky Derby winner to come out of a New York-bred stakes race run in December at Aqueduct. That means Haynesfield will likely sneak up on a lot of people. He’s coming off a win in the Damon Runyon, where he earned a 101 Beyer figure. That’s the best Beyer recorded by any 2-year-old this year in a route race. Well-bred and trained by Steve Asmussen, this is not your run-of-the-mill New York-bred.

Vineyard Haven: It’s hard to knock a horse who won the Hopeful and the Champagne. Obviously, this is a quality colt and he’s better than his new stablemate, Midshipman. The problem is that he’s now under the management of Sheikh Mohamed and training in Dubai, which means no U.S. Derby preps. It’s a formula that has never worked in the past and doesn’t figure to work in 2009.

Big Drama: The Delta Downs Jackpot is usually a stop on the road to nowhere, but this year’s winner, Big Drama, might be going places. He got a 96 Beyer winning the race. Based in Florida, he’s won five in a row, two of them distance races.

I will find more Derby prospects reviews, possibly past performances, and post them here.