No lie: Pants On Fire on AP's Top 10 Derby list
March 28, 2011Welcome to the Kentucky Derby, Pants On Fire. Same to you, Animal Kingdom and Twice the Appeal.
A weekend full of surprises at tracks in Louisiana, Kentucky and New Mexico has put these 3-year-olds on the AP's latest Run to the Roses Top 10 list of Derby contenders.
Pants On Fire upset Mucho Macho Man in the Louisiana Derby, Animal Kingdom took the Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park and 35-1 long shot Twice the Appeal won the Sunland Derby to create a minor Top 10 shuffle.
Uncle Mo and The Factor remain 1-2, with Pants On Fire at No. 7, Animal Kingdom No. 9 and Twice the Appeal No. 10.
Top-10 horses Soldat and Stay Thirsty, along with former top-10 horses To Honor and Serve and Dialed In are set to run in Sunday's Florida Derby.