Who's Hot
Jeff Mullins and Buddy Gil: How good is Jeff Mullins? Winning with 32 percent of his starters this year, he scored the biggest win of his career when Buddy Gil edged Indian Express for the win in the Santa Anita Derby. Buddy Gil was a nobody before Mullins took over and is 3-for-3 since. I guess it's time to take this horse seriously.

Christophe Clement: A guy who couldn't seem to win anything that wasn't run on the grass, he now has developed two solid 3-year-old dirt stakes winners in Region Of Merit and Dynever. Better yet, he looked like the smartest guy around when he said that Dynever would seek an easier spot, maybe the Lone Star Derby, rather than running way over his head in the Kentucky Derby. Could he be your Travers winner?

Indian Express: Ran his eyeballs out when second in the Santa Anita Derby. A Utah bred in the Kentucky Derby...there's something you don't see every day.

Ten Most Wanted: Granted, he didn't beat anything in the Illinois Derby, but Ten Most Wanted certainly looked good in his four-length win at Hawthorne. It's unlikely that he will win the Kentucky Derby, but he looks like a pretty nice horse.

Who's Not
Wayne Lukas: Without any serious 3-year-old talent in his barn, Lukas did not have a horse in the Santa Anita Derby, thus marking the first time in 24 years that he hasn't had a starter in the race. His streak started in 1979 with the filly Terlingua. He has won the race four times.

Godolphin: Sheikh Mohammed has struggled mightily in his quest to win the Kentucky Derby, but never quite like this. Already thin in the 3-year-old ranks to begin with, Godolphin announced last week that its top prospect, Inamorato, will not so much as start in the Kentucky Derby after finishing a troubled third in the UAE Derby. However, the colt will be shipped to the US, where he will be pointed for other major races.

Trust N Luck: Wisely, they've ruled out the Kentucky Derby for a horse who simply isn't good enough.

Atswhatimtalknabout: No longer the hot horse, he ran a very flat fourth in the Santa Anita Derby. Trainer Ron Ellis said he's still going on to Kentucky, but it looks like this horse needs to take a step back and regroup. He had three races in just 44 days and is coming off a poor effort.

Kafwain: He is what he is, a nice, consistent horse who is best at a mile. Can't blame Baffert for trying him in the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Santa Anita Derby, but this horse's 1-for-5 record in two-turn races is impossible to ignore.