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Illinois Derby
April 04, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/8M, Hawthorne Race Course, 4:15 PM CT
Post Horse Sire Weight Jockey Trainer
1 Nowhere to Hide 3, c. Vindication 122 Paco Lopez Nicholas Zito
2 Giant Oak 3, c. Giant's Causeway 122 Shaun Bridgmohan Chris Block
3 Lord Justice 3, c. A.P. Indy 122 Christopher DeCarlo Todd Pletcher
4 Toccet Rocket 3, c. Toccet 122 Tanner Riggs Brian La Mew
5 His Greatness 3, c. Honour and Glory 122 Larry Sterling, Jr. Marco Salazar
6 Perfect Song 3, c. Pleasantly Perfect 122 Jeremy Rose Michael Trombetta
7 Free Country 3, c. Big Country 122 Eusebio Razo, Jr. Kenneth McPeek
8 Musket Man 3, c. Yonaguska 122 Eibar Coa Derek Ryan
9 Al Khali 3, c. Medaglia d'Oro 122 Cornelio Velasquez Todd Pletcher
10 Il Postino 3, c. Distorted Humor 122 Jesse Campbell Todd Pletcher
11 Knight Shot 3, c. Red Bullet 122 Inez Karlsson Frank Kirby

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Past Performances here courtesy ETL:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2222219/posts

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I’ve watched the WOod three times now, and I gotta be a bit of a naysayer with IWR. It was a good race, but I still think WSB is his equal. We may never know that, because Bernie will not (?) be in the Derby, and IWR probably will. However, looking at the race again on that link, it looks like IWR was able to maintain contact with the small field pretty quickly out of the gate, certainly within a quarter mile he was already getting position-—
this was helped enormously by the sluggish pace of the race. WSB was hidden for most of the race and seemed to be behind the same wall of horses that Tom Durkin said IWR was. WSB had to swing much further wide than IWR, who found a hole and shot through it.
Not to take anything away from him, but I think this was due to a tremendously skilled jockey, more than the horse. Yes, I am a sore loser.