2 Guys and a Crown: Gotham Stakes

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Bram Weinstein and Joe Kristufek return in 2016 to take fans step by step down the Triple Crown trail. This week's focus is Saturday’s Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham Stakes, a steppingstone to the Wood Memorial Stakes with the winner earning 50 points toward a potential berth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.
The last Gotham winner to take down the Kentucky Derby was eventual Triple Crown champ Secretariat way back in 1973. No recent alum has been a factor the first Saturday in May although before being scratched the morning of the race, 2009 victor I Want Revenge was the probable Kentucky Derby favorite.
The Gotham was won by Preakness winner Red Bullet (2000) and Belmont Stakes victor Easy Goer (1989).
The last three Gotham winners were Aqueduct-based horses El Kabeir, Samraat, Vyjack.
This year's field is made up of three local horses, including Withers Stakes winner Sunny Ridge and third-place finisher Adventist, four Gulfstream invaders ducking Mohaymen and a maiden from California.
Joe's Gotham Picks
#2 Shagaf
#8 Rally Cry
#6 Conquest Big E
#7 Sunny Ridge
Joe's Gotham Wager
.50 trifecta: 2,8 with 2,5,6,7,8 with ALL = $24
Bram's Gotham Picks
#2 Shagaf
#8 Rally Cry
#7 Sunny Ridge
#3 Adventist
Price shot: #5 Mo Power
Bram's Gotham Wager
$4 exacta box: 2,5,8 = $24
Joe's Kentucky Derby Top 20
1. Mohaymen
2. Nyquist
3. Mor Spirit
4. Danzing Candy
5. Exaggerator
6. Greenpointcrusader
7. Mo Tom
8. Gun Runner
9. Suddenbreakingnews
10. Smokey Image
11. Zulu
12. Brody's Cause
13. Uncle Lino
14. Cherry Wine
15. Rafting
16. Destin
17. Cupid
18. Conquest Windycity
19. Whitmore
20. Shagaf
$400,000 Gotham StakesSaturday, Aqueduct, Race 9, 4:50 p.m. ET1 1/16 miles, dirt, 3-year-olds

PP

Horse

Jockey

Trainer

Owner

Odds

1

Laoban

Aaron Gryder

Eric Guillot

McCormick Racing and Southern Equine Stable

15-1

2

Shagaf

Irad Ortiz Jr.

Chad Brown

Shadwell Stable

3-1

3

Adventist

Kendrick Carmouche

Leah Gyarmati

Treadway Racing Stable

4-1

4

Vincento

Angel Arroyo

Rudy Rodriguez

Vincent S. Scuderi

20-1

5

Mo Power

John Velazquez

Todd Pletcher

Repole Stable

6-1

6

Conquest Big E

Jose Ortiz

Mark Casse

Conquest Stables

6-1

7

Sunny Ridge

Manny Franco

Jason Servis

Dennis A. Drazin

7-2

8

Rally Cry

Junior Alvarado

Todd Pletcher

Paul P. Pompa Jr.

5-1