Sunday, April 18, 2010

Daily Derby dose

Updates on Kentucky Derby contenders and other news as the Run for the Roses is now just 13 days away.


Favorite on the sales block?: A Chapter 11 reorganization plan that owner Ahmed Zayat filed in New Jersey bankruptcy court last week states that Zayat would sell likely Derby favorite Eskendereya in order to help pay off debts. Fifth Third Bank sued Zayat earlier this year for defaulting on loans. The reorganization plan, which also states that Zayat plans to sell several other horses, calls for a deposit of $2 million on Eskendereya by September, with the remainder received by the end of the year. The colt's overall value was not estimated in the document. The plan must be approved by a creditors' committee and the bankruptcy court before either party can take any action, meaning that Eskendereya is unlikely to be sold before the Derby.


Oaks watch: Last year's Eclipse champion 2-year-old filly, She Be Wild, fractured her left front pastern during a gallop Sunday morning at Keeneland. The filly underwent surgery later that day to repair the injury, and while not necessarily retired, is on the shelf indefinitely and will of course miss the Oaks. The daughter of Offlee Wild, who capped her championship campaign with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, was most recently third in the Ashland.

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