With all the Kentucky Derby preps and sales dominating the headlines in the last five or six weeks, I have been remiss in keeping up with Mike Mulligan's BetBestBreeze selections. So, with the OBS April sale coming up next week, what follows is a synopsis of how Mike fared over the weekend.

    In case you've forgotten, Mike watches every horse at every under tack show at every 2-year-old sale in the country. He then gives the runners a rating from 1 to 9, with 1 being the best of the best, and so on down the line. There are three categories listed each day - first-time starters, horses who have already started, and stakes horses, if any. Mike's 1 through 9 determinations are made before the sale begins for the benefit of the 2-year-old buyers. 

    Here's what transpired on Saturday:

    BetBestBreeze tabbed six winners, four seconds and five thirds. The seconds and thirds are listed for handicappers who wager on exactas, trifectas and supers, etc.

    Winners: Newly Minted ($19.60), a first-timer who won by 5 3/4 lengths at Aqueduct and was a $110,000 OBS April purchase; Nueva York ($7.10), won by 2 1/2 at Aqueduct; Pyron ($7), won by 2 3/4 at Oaklawn Park and is 2-for-2; Outlaw X. ($2.80), won by 2 at Evangeline in his 2nd start; Midnight Fantasy ($6.20), won the $75,000 Austintown Sprint Stakes at Mahoning Valley by 5 and is 4-1-1 in 6 starts with earnings of $205,760. She has won three black-type races by a combined total of 18 1/4 lengths. Mitole ($2.80), won the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Stakes at Oaklawn by 2 3/4. He's 6-2-1 in 9 starts with earnings of $701,510, and was a $140,000 OBS April 2-year-old. 

    Among the other first-timers: Wonder In finished 3rd at 20-1 at Gulfstream; One Eighty, 2nd by 1/2 length at Santa Anita at 4/5, and a $300,000 OBS March 2-year-old; Company Store, 2nd by 1 at Gulfstream at 3-1; Doll, 3rd at 2-1 at Aqueduct. Also, Mason Dixon was 3rd at 16-1 at Oaklawn, River God was 2nd at Santa Anita at 7/2, Sugar Bolt was 3rd at 16-1 at Gulfstream, Lost in Limbo was 2nd at Oaklawn at 11-1; and Air Boss was 3rd at 5-1 at Santa Anita.  

    On Sunday:

    BetBestBreeze tabbed four winners a second and a third. The piece de resistance was Midnight Bisou ($3.80), who won the Gr. I Apple Blossom at Oaklawn, her third graded win in a row. She's an awesome 8-3-3 in 14 starts with earnings of $2,405,000. The other three listed below won by a combined total of 21 lengths.

    Mucho Amor ($6.40), a $260,000 OBS March purchase, won by 4 lengths at Golden Gate Fields; Fort Worth ($2.50, $500,000 OBS March), won by 6 3/4 at Aqueduct; Lucid Dream ($6), won by 10 1/4 at Laurel Park. In addition, Talker lost by half a nose at Laurel at 7/2; Sapori Girl was 3rd at Santa Anita at 9-1. 

    Pretty impressive stuff and Mulligan will get down to serious business again at today's first under tack show. 

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