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Race #6 6+1/2F Turf Sprint $250K
#3 Chewing Gum upsets favorite Beer Can Man (no relationship to Tomato Can) wins @ $13.40 for trainer Mott owner Wachtel Stable finding the "Left Coast" to be easy picking.
Race #7 1M Sham Stakes on the Dirt $100K
#3 Newrange runs away from stablemate Rockefeller adding another Baffert 1-2 finish in the Sham while increasing his ow
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For some/most of us (out here in the fog), your comment is again a puzzle. Thanks for that. So I'll interpret it to mean Stilletto Bay went back to his comfort zone of say 4.
Baby Yoda moved back in the direction of his Top although probably more like 3 than -3. A good ride to preserve some energy by not trying to go with the PHENOM.
The remaining bunch may have just walked because I d
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Fractional Times: 22.01 44.48 1:08.72 Final Time: 1:21.37
Split Times: (22:47) (24:24) (12:65)
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jbelfior Wrote:
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> What would we saying about Baby Yoda's Saratoga
> number if it wasn't Mott?
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> Good Luck,
> Joe B.
Your question sure does give me pause. My first thought was to consider the ownership before I even realized Mott was the current trainer. IMO, Wachtel can occasionally be optimistic in the
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YouTube - Oaklawn Today
Oaklawn Today 12/19/2021[/url
As I saw it (as owner of a win ticket on the eleven)
I did not see #3 foul #4. #6 gets squeezed and causes the #5 to stumble on the heels of my #11 and catapult its rider.
The #11 runs 5-6 wide all the way around.
The winner #3 keeps to business in front of everyone else and the #1 slips through an opening in traffic
To concl
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Re: The Love of Classic R&R music. Last weekend I discovered YouTube has channels that in turn have programs, in which young people listen to the R&R classics for the first time, We as viewers, get to watch and hear the neophyte's reaction and comments.
As one example, a 20-year-old female opera singer studying at Guiliard experiences Bobby Hatfield singing Unchained Melody gettin
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There is a post on the Rags Bulletin Board. The post is under the nickname Robespierre. I suppose that is Mr, Friedman. He has been advised that the Japanes Government racing authority is suing him for slander against the BC entries from Japan.
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I like the price on Art Collector and Trust trainer Mott to be prepared. but ???
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drbillym Wrote:
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> But I do like the horse named Japan. Lost to Gufo
> in Sword Dancer with a terrible trip-woulda won
> easily. Next in Joe Hirsch did nothing, but his
> regular jockey stayed behind. Check out Japan's
> results with Ryan Moore rather than Lordan.
Sadly, Ryan Moore didn't get to 3rd, but
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pretty sure there was a foul, will they call it?
Gag, guess not!
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So, I'm thinking the idea is to try and beat Gamine three(3) times?
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Yessiree, the Easiest race all day as long as Papa gets to 2nd. LOL
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At least one voice from one handicapping group insists the West Coast runners are slow this year;
When I read that, I remembered years back when West Coast horses came east for the Breeders Cup. Performance figures didn't suggest the shippers laid over the Midwest and Eastern Horse, yet they pretty much dominated the dirt races. At least it seemed like it to me.
So Race #1 Bob Baffert
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In uninflated $'s. As uninspiring as the dam may be, she won't be running and the colt truly could be any kind and may or may not tun his race. One reason why I love this sport so much.
Thanks for the added data Fairmount, just doing deep research or considering the grey at the price?
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IMO, Pace in this turf race is only occasionally a factor. Remembering it is the Jockey who usually controls the trip and consequently the pace.
Leparoux is familiar with War Like Goddess. We have to expect him to get the timing right.
Only a very special horse or poor judgment on everybody else's part is going to allow a competitor to run off and steal a race on the turf at this distanc
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Koala Princess in a race with none of the fillies attracting too much attention. @ 6/1 I'll join you. I like everything about this one. Love the sire's (More Than Ready) progeny on the turf. Add to that the Dam's Sire Lonrho is/was a super sire down under.
Versatile, ran from the front in her sprint debut and from off the pace strongly stretching out. IMO, Rosario rides more cor
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The BC site seemed to imply Shop Again was something. Being by Wild Again a BC race winner. But as Gary points out she has simply burnt money as a Dam.
So I went to Equibase to see how she fared in competition. A Florida bred, she debuted @ SAR in 2004 and took until 2006 (some 16 races later) to win her first race. A 40-45k maiden claiming race at Belmont. Trained by H. Jerkens and ridden by
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Find Nuts Occasionally.
Is an old saying implying the unlikely rarely, but not never, end up with a prize or something to that effect?
I'm been betting and touting Japanese horses on this board for at least a decade. I've been beaten black and blue in U.S. races and been vindicated @ Dubai & Meydan.
Once again I have a prospect in the B.C. Juvenile. Jasper Great from Arroga
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To digress for a second. I'm wanting to watch Oregon vs UCLA except the Network won't leave the Illinois Penn State game which just finished its seventh O.T. heading to the 8th???
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Strava - 2 years ago
I'm not sure how he would do without a world of trouble? Kudos to Gaffalione for staying on.
Oh and Runhappy had at least one colt (Following Sea) who inherited his ability and crushed Firenze Fire & Baby Yoda today at Belmont. BC Sprint?
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Brad Cox reminds me of Bob Baffert. Noticing his trainees are quicker and have more stamina than the competition. One thing though Cox did not run 1 - 2.
Meanwhile, BB debuts a $750K Into Mischief (Brocade) with a string of :47 w/o's and reuns dead last at SA
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The morning line for Art Collector is 3/1. At that price, he is, in my opinion, worth keying. Unless Forza De Oro runs his best the winner is gonna need to get by Art Collector in the stretch and that will be too late. I expect Art Collector to be in the exacta and he's never run second in his life.
Maxfield is like my Cousin DB a Star football player Univ Michigan Law beautiful wife and
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Many handicappers don't bother to consider the surface a whole lot. I do so that when the 5th race at GP today went on Tapeta I paid attention.
The #1 won the race at a generous 9/2. What surprised me some is that she came from a little off the pace rather than surviving a pace duel. C/B, probably is, nothing.
On the other hand, we may see winners coming from off the pace in GP races t
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At least two(2) very nice horses in addition to the celebrity front running favorites, and they might be double digits to win at post time. Until the late computer $ hits the pool.
Mott Godolphin Street Sense #3 Speakers Corner
Pletcher Winstar Constitution #10 AmericanRevolution
As formidable as the top two are, Expecting them to run around neck and neck for 1+1/8 and finish 1-2 seems i
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The science of recovery made "the big time" today. The subject (relative to humans) was featured on Good Morning America?
I immediately thought - I know about that from horse racing.
It turns out the fitness industry is focusing on recovery including the use of electronic trackers which measure the quality of one's sleep. The relationship between stressing the heart and train
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P-Dub Wrote:
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> I am not very opinionated, but as the president of
> the Bay Area Chapter (recently moved to the So Cal
> desert, but still remain in my role), here's what
> I saw.
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> It's a DQ. This wasn't a force a hose wide move.
> Came out and bumped his hind knocking him off
> stride.
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Boscar Obarra Wrote:
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> If the problem was subtle , it wouldn't be much of
> a problem.
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> No finesse in the 21st century , in anything .
Well said, "Bridge" may be the last bastion!
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