![Kentucky Derby 138 horse profile: Sabercat [Horse racing]](/sites/default/files/u1321/Sabercat_0.JPG "Kentucky Derby 138 horse profile: Sabercat [Horse racing]")
Pro
- He ran twice at Churchill as a 2-year-old, including a third-place finish last July
- Well bred. His sire (Bluegrass Cat) was second to Barbaro in Derby 132
- His distant third-place finish behind Bodemeister in the Arkansas Derby is deceptive. Sabercat already had the graded-stakes earnings to make the Derby field; he didn't need to win the race, just get in a solid outing. Which he did
Con
- He may be a Triple-A horse playing in the Majors
- In his two starts this year, both graded-stakes races at Oaklawn Park, he lost by a combined 16 lengths
- He simply may not be fast enough; his top performance — a four-length victory in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot — merited only an 85 Beyer speed figure
Fun fact
His grandsire, Forty Niner, finished second to Winning Colors in Derby 114.
Final analysis
A hard-trying sort, he's worth including in exotics. A bit of a "wise guy" horse on the backside.
Photo: Kentucky Derby/Bill Denver/Equi-Photo [4]