Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, the place we’ll have a look every week at a current winner on the Triple Crown path, normally from the Street to the Kentucky Derby schedule from which the racehorses earn factors towards qualifying. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Offered by Woodford Reserve shall be held Might 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs.
This week, we’ll take a better take a look at No Extra Time, winner of the $200,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes Feb. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs. The Not This Time colt earned 20 factors towards qualifying for the 2024 Kentucky Derby with that win and moved into sixth place on the most recent Street to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard.
Racing Résumé: No Extra Time improved to 2 wins in 4 begins with a 1 ¼-length victory within the Sam F. Davis Stakes, a pleasant step ahead from a troubled fifth-place end within the Mucho Macho Man Stakes Jan. 1 at Gulfstream Park. No Extra Time ran second in his profession debut sprinting in September and confirmed much more potential in his second race with a 6 ¾-length romp because the 8-5 favourite whereas stretching out to a mile Oct. 22, each additionally at Gulfstream.
Hindsight is 20/20, however re-watching the Mucho Macho Man Stakes it’s fairly clear {that a} brutal begin price No Extra Time any probability at profitable. He hopped at first of the one-mile race, ducked in towards the rail, after which hustled ahead to remain inside vary of the opposite 5 runners whereas trailing the sector. No Extra Time made a daring center transfer into competition getting into the stretch, however he flattened out within the ultimate furlong.
What I did not establish earlier than the Sam F. Davis – the troubled journey within the Mucho Macho Man severely price the gifted 3-year-old Not This Time colt – others very clearly observed as he was despatched off as the three.30-1 favourite below Paco Lopez.
With the advantage of a a lot, a lot better begin, No Extra Time set the tempo within the Sam F. Davis, turned again a bid from West Saratoga getting into the stretch, after which held off a late rally from Agate Street for the clear victory. No Extra Time was entered within the Holy Bull Stakes Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park, however coach Jose D’Angelo scratched in favor of the Sam F. Davis to offer him a bit extra time to tighten the screws on the colt.
“He was presupposed to run in an allowance race in December and received a fever, and he solely had two exercises for the Mucho Macho Man Stakes,” D’Angelo defined. “We’re attempting to make a marketing campaign for him, and I believed he wanted yet one more exercise earlier than his subsequent begin to be at his finest.”
Certainly, No Extra Time flashed his finest kind within the Sam F. Davis, closing the race with a ultimate sixteenth of a mile in 6.67 seconds, which is healthier than it appears contemplating he set the tempo by a robust half-mile in :46.61. The tentative plan is for No Extra Time to focus on the $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby on March 9.
Velocity Figures: No Extra Time earned a career-best 94 Equibase Velocity Determine and a brand new high 80 Beyer Velocity Determine for the Sam F. Davis victory. He might want to make important strides in his subsequent couple of begins to be inside placing distance of the quickest 3-year-olds.
Working Type: No Extra Time has been only racing on or close to the tempo. Whereas he could have lacked a bit from a health standpoint within the Mucho Macho Man, the gradual begin ruined his possibilities. He appears to be a greater racehorse when allowed to make use of his excessive cruising velocity to his benefit. Whereas he led from begin to end within the Sam F. Davis, that was not the plan.
“[D’Angelo] advised me to placed on the brakes out of the gate and sit third or fourth, however my horse broke unbelievable and I let him go,” Lopez stated. “The tempo was a bit quicker than I wished, however his first and second quarters have been very pure. I had loads of horse the entire manner and once I requested him, he gave me all the pieces.”
Connections: No Extra Time is owned by Morplay Racing, a partnership that features Wealthy Mendez and his son Josh together with longtime bloodstock brokers Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo. Hartley/DeRenzo bought the darkish bay or brown colt for $40,000 on the 2022 Keeneland September yearling sale. No Extra Time is the primary graded stakes winner for Morplay Racing.
Coach Jose D’Angelo additionally earned his first graded stakes win within the Sam F. Davis. He has amassed 322 wins by Feb. 11 since taking out his coach’s license in 2017. Jesus’ Crew ran second for D’Angelo in each the 2020 Large Ass Followers Breeders’ Cup Filth Mile and the 2021 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes.
Paco Lopez is the third completely different rider for No Extra Time in 4 begins. Lopez has greater than 3,800 profession wins by Feb. 11, together with a victory within the 2018 TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Dash aboard Roy H. He has competed within the Kentucky Derby twice with an eighth-place end aboard Ny Visitors in 2020 his finest consequence.
Pedigree Notes: No Extra Time is from the fourth crop of graded stakes winner Not This Time, the 2016 Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up whose profession was lower brief by harm. Not This Time, by Big’s Causeway, is off to a operating begin at stud with 2022 champion 3-year-old male Epicenter and 2023 champion turf male As much as the Mark from his first crop. Along with passing alongside class to his progeny, Not This Time additionally seems to be a supply of stamina.
No Extra Time is out of the Speightstown mare Baroness Juliette, whose lone win in 9 begins was in a three-quarter-mile dash. He hails from the identical household that produced current Southwest Stakes winner Mystik Dan in addition to Grade 1 winners Siphonic, Laragh, and Clean Like Strait together with Grade 2 winner and sire Summer time Entrance.
Derby Potential: Simply as Not This Time appears like a promising younger sire, so too does No Extra Time appears like an thrilling 3-year-old prospect. He doesn’t come from the barn of a big-name coach however that has by no means been a prerequisite for fulfillment on the Triple Crown path, and Jose D’Angelo confirmed he can deal with the large stage with the aforementioned seconds within the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Filth Mile and 2021 Pegasus World Cup. There’s a lot to love, little doubt, however I’ve a tricky time overlooking No Extra Time’s modest velocity figures. He’s simply not quick sufficient proper now. With solely 4 begins below the saddle, that might change in a rush and it should for him to be an element on Kentucky Derby day.
