Here are the Kentucky Derby picks from GD Heironymous, who picked horses for us during the Keeneland spring meet (with some success, I might add).
GD says his key horses will be Revolutionary (#3) and Orb (#16) and he will play them over some combination of Normandy Invasion (#5), Palace Malice (#10), Lines of Battle (#11) and Oxbow (#2).
My key horse, as well, is Orb (#16), trained by Shug McGaughey and ridden by Keeneland’s spring riding champion, Joel Rosario. He has the great A.P Indy in his bloodlines on his father’s side, and 1990 Derby winner Unbridled on his mother’s side. That’s good enough for me.
Good luck!
Dick Gabriel
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