Favorite of leaves of loss of the uncertain Mo Uncle for preparation of Derby races

LEXINGTON, KY, coach Eddie Kenneally stood outside 34 barn in the Hippodrome Keeneland, hopeful, spoke Saturday's Blue Grass Stakes and the Kentucky Derby is approaching. By AP

With the approach of the Kentucky Derby, uncle Mo makes a field opened after a surprising loss this past weekend.

By AP

With the approach of the Kentucky Derby, uncle Mo makes a field opened after a surprising loss this past weekend.

Their good vibrations had much to do with the quality of Santiva, the bookmark will send in the $750,000 blue grass, but also with the unexpected turn of events of the previous weekend that resonate throughout thoroughbred racing.On May 7 Derby appearance changed completely when previously unbeaten Mo uncle, expects an overwhelming favorite, suffered a shocking upset in third in Memorial of wood of last Saturday at aqueduct in New York Racecourse. "When a favorite in any big race runs a subpar race in a preparation, gives everyone more encouragement that the horse is to defeat," said Kenneally. Oddsmaker of Churchill Downs Mike Battaglia of the consequences of the fall powerful Uncle Mo, said: "When he beat, just turned everything upside down."One of the consequences is that the Arkansas Derby of 1 million dollars and $750,000 Blue Grass grew in importance in the past weekend for the major races of preparation. Battaglia is expected that the Factor, a solid choice of 7-5 as part of a field of 13 in Arkansas, your choice above to the implementation of the roses, if it performs well at Oaklawn Park in Saturday.George Bolton, who co-owns the FactorHe is not worried about the odds. You want to see far enough to believe that the son of frontrunning war front has shot in the management of the distance of the Derby 1¼ mile for trainer Bob Baffert. "I think that if it runs in the first three and is well finished that Bob will tell us to go", said Bolton. Baffert has three triumphs of Derby.El Factor has such a high acceleration of principle that has always been the question, how much time can take it. He opened his eyes in the grade 2 rebels on March 19, when relaxed on the initiative of jockey Martin Garcia and won for the length of 6¼ in his fourth career start. Bolton "always going to have to go through hoops, but a large ring was jumped through last month when it was fast sprinter turn a horse more established dos-a turn," said.Santiva, who will be ridden by Julien Leparoux, heads a matched field of 12 for the blue grass 3-1. "" This will be only his second preparation after a finalist showing against Mucho Macho Man in Star uploaded from 2 February 19 "."We thought that it would be in the Triple Crown races, and are difficult of a horse, said Kenneally. "We wanted to have a fresh horse previously".For more information about reprints & permissions, visit the frequently asked questions. To report corrections and clarifications, contact standards Editor brent Jones. For consideration of publication in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include the name, phone number, city and State for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com.We has been updated the guidelines of the conversation. The changes include a brief overview of the process of moderation and an explanation on how to use the "Report abuse" button. Read more.