Chalk one up for the old guard, in reality one of the oldest guards in most of horse racing, the Phipps family. The victory by Orb in the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs is some of those reminders that often whatever is newfangled isn't the simplest way to get things done. Rushing supporters must take a very significant look at this colt like a practical threat to win the Triple Crown, although this gets mentioned year after year after year. Why? Because he was introduced over the right way. In the world of owners-breeders Ogden "Dinny" Phipps and his first cousin, Stuart Janney, and trainer Claude "Shug" McGaughey, the target is never to get a to the Kentucky Derby; it's to develop a fantastic racehorse. There is a massive big difference. There are teachers like Todd Pletcher, who'd five newcomers (26 per cent of the subject in the battle), N. David Lukas, Nick Zito and others who are employed by owners specifically to get them to the Run for the Roses on the first Saturday in May. On earth of Phipps and Janney and McGaughey, there is no requirement, only desire and control. At the post-race press conference, I asked the three if this represents a victory for a particular method of doing things, anything old school. Phipps said, "Can I answer that?" Of course. "Take your time," Phipps said. "Let the horse carry one to the race." Several words, but packed with meaning. After Orb won the Grade 2 Elixir of youth, certainly one of the important races for three-year-olds in Florida, this past winter, McGaughey however didn't agree to firing for the Kentucky Derby. In fact, he'd not really invest in the Florida Derby. "I donat know what the next trip will undoubtedly be, but weall see and talk to the Phipps and Stuart Janney and see what they need to go and do from there," he said to the Blood-Horse. However, Orb won the Florida Derby and chances are they took the next step, the Kentucky Derby. In the Kentucky Derby, Orb was further straight back than usual. Actually, after six furlongs he was in position under jockey Joel Rosario. When it came time to move, he made a "bold six-wide move" because the chartcaller wrote on the official data, and attacked. One by one, past horses were swept by him. When he caught fourth-place finisher Normandy Invasion, who'd made the guide at the mile marker, Orb imposed his will on him and Normandy Invasion got out from the way before recovering his pace. Orb had done the same thing to Itsmyluckyday in the Florida Derby, showing herself to be a very dominant leader horse. Orb won the Derby by two-and-a-half measures in a period of 2:02.89. For just a little perspective on the connections of the winner, Janney's parents ran the excellent question Ruffian, who broke down in an old match race with Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure. Phipps, 72, is chairman of the Jockey Club. Thoroughbreds were raced by his great-grandfather Ogden Mills in the 19th century. The Phipps family raced the greats Bold Ruler, the sire of Secretariat; Personal Ensign; Easy Goer and Buckpasser. This is actually the product on the the top of sport. Phipps has campaigned four champions. They are a family in the activity, and they stuck by McGaughey, an accepted master who is in the Hall of Fame, despite his never having won the Kentucky Derby. Until Orb. "The Phipps and Janneys have now been my lifetime for 20-some years," McGaughey said. "They have given everything to me I have got, really. I'm really happy to bring each day like this to their lives." So several instructors force on the two-year-olds to gain the rich events for babies. McGaughey did not get Orb to the winner's circle until his fourth start. He's perhaps not lost since. By using his time, the coach thinks Orb is just getting going. When speculating concerning the future he became very animated at the post-race press conference. "I think there's something there; there is more there," McGaughey said. "I do not think he's bottomed out yet." Woe unto the rivals that show up at Pimlico in a couple of weeks for the Preakness, the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown if that is the case, if so. Orb has a working design where he does not expend a lot of power early and then attacks. He runsArelentlesslyAthrough the street, and, even though far in the Derby, he doesn't need to be. If the Preakness is won by him, his reproduction (his sire is a son of the good A.P Indy and his damsire is Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled) suggests he'll have little problem discussing the mile-and-a-half distance of the Belmont Stakes in June. McGaughey is really a Kentucky boy, and he always wanted winning the Kentucky Derby. He thought he'd the opportunity in 1989 with the great Easy Goer, but he went into still another great horse that day called Sunday Silence. That battle was also on a wet day, and McGaughey said he got just a little deja vu. If the battle changed his life asked, he explained, "The way it is planning to change my life is I will not have to worry about it anymore. That fear was always there." Now, he's on an experience that could lead to the Triple Crown. He won his first Kentucky Derby the proper way, an way, and there could be no looking back.
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