Road To The Roses Fantasy League

     The Road To The Roses Kentucky Derby Fantasy League opens this weekend with three races available to earn you points towards winning the Stride LIVE league.  If you have joined yet, you have until 11:59am on Saturday to join and have the choices count. This week's races include the Fountain of Youth (G2) and Hutcheson (G2) at Gulfstream Park and the Borderland Derby (Listed) at Sunland Park.

OUR LEAGUE INFO:
Entry link: http://www.roadtotheroses.com/G=94/game/join_league.phtml 
League Number:1313038988
Activation Code:4192170078
    
     If you are unfamiliar with the RTTR, here are some important rules, including one excellent format change.  In year's past, you would only have five active horses in your stable of 10. This would cause problems of very active weekends and sometimes you had to hope you guessed right. Well, this year, all ten are active AND you can choose five "power horses" that will earn double points. As with past years, you also have to choose two jockeys and two trainers.
     Here is the point structure copied directly from RTTR.


This contest will use a rotisserie scoring system. Each stable will be awarded points on the following basis for horses:

	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III	Listed	Kentucky Derby
1st:	15 points	12 points	8 points	4 points	25 points
2nd:	7 points	5 points	3 points	2 points	15 points
3rd:	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point	10 points

Designated “POWER” horses will be eligible to earn two (2) times the amount of points of non-power horses.  Points for “power” horses will be awarded on the following basis:

	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III	Listed	Kentucky Derby
1st:	30 points	24 points	16 points	8 points	50 points
2nd:	14 points	10 points	6 points	4 points	30 points
3rd:	8 points	6 points	4 points	2 point	20 points

Points for your selected jockeys and trainers are awarded for a win only on the following basis:

Grade I	Grade II	Grade III	Listed	Kentucky Derby
10 points	8 points	5 points	3 points	20 points

      As you can see, with both the Hutcheson and the Fountain of Youth being Grade 2's, there are a bunch of points up for grabs this weekend. We will start off with the Borderland Derby.   There are many unknown horses in the race, but top trainers like Steve Asmussen and Doug O'Neill are taking their shot.  The morning line favorite Special Kid, an $80,000 Ocala Sale purchase in 2010, will be ridden by Christian Santiago Reyes and is listed at 5/2.

Big Drama's little brother Little Drama

     The Hutchseon Stakes has all the makings of a FAST race.  The most likely favorite will be Crossbow.  He will be making his stakes debut and has already clocked a 1:22.86 at the Hutcheson distance of 7-furlongs in a previous allowance race. But, Crossbow isn't alone, Madman Diaries, Travelin Man, Flashpoint, Razmataz, Manicero and Champion Sprinter Big Drama's little brother Little Drama have all shown exceptional sprint speed in recent wins.  Good luck sorting out this race.

     The Fountain of Youth isn't nearly as confusing. There are several horses who scores impressively in recent lower level/maiden races and are stepping up to stakes competition for the first time. The real story everyone is hoping for is that this will be To Honor And Serve's coming out party as a three-year-old and kick off a successful Triple Crown campaign.

     Among the other challengers in the FOY who have graded-stakes experience are Soldat, 2nd to Pluck on the turf in the 2010 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, and Gourmet Dinner, winner of the Delta Downs Jackpot.

     Good luck with you entries this weekend. And remember, the winner of the Stride LIVE league will win an HD DVD of the Zenyatta video currently on our site.  To enter go to this link -http://www.roadtotheroses.com/G=94/game/join_league.phtml Our league number is 1313038988 and the Activation Code is 4192170078