Pimlico Race Course Preakness Saturday 5/18/13

Pimlico Race Course Prreakness Saturday 5/18/13

Race 1

1 Aussi Austrin

8 Wild Louis

6 Hakama

7 Pretension

Race 2

9 Hello Lover

5 Who Dat Boy

3 Love Talk

7 No Brakes

Race 3

13 Lil Mr. B

8 Brooklyn Boy

6 Inflamed Spirit

12 HesaGoldMine

Race 4

6 Sweet Emma Rose

2 John Bailey

4 No Nay Never

Race 5

6 Monster Sleeping

2 Hold our Destiny

3 Listen Boy

Race 6

2 Zee Bros.

8 Clawback

7 City of Weston

9 Undrafted

Race 7

9 China Holiday

1 Notacatbutallama

2 Red Wings

Race 8

6 Summer Applause

7 Brushed By a Star

6 Sea Island

$.50 Cent Early Pick 4 (Races 5-8)

2,3,6,7,11,14,15

6,8

1,2,6,9,10

6 ,7

$35 Play

Race 9

1 Hard Not to Like

4 Samitar

5 Old Tune

10 Appealing Cat

Race 10

6 Lauries Rocket

7 CandyMan E.

10 Sage Valley

Race 11

4 Imaging

2 Optimizer

11 Humble and Hungry

Race 12

1 Orb

7 Will Take Charge

5 My Lute

4 Departing

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4 (Races 9-12)

1,4,510

3,4,6,7,8,10

1,2,4,7,9,11

1

$72 Play

Race 13

8 Code West

1 BlueGrass Springs

10 Crown Polis

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Pimlico Race Course Black Eyed Susan Friday 5/17/13

Pimlico Race Course Black Eyed Susan Friday 5/17/13

I am heading down to Baltimore today. If you will be at the race track tomorrow and want to meet up contact me vis twitter or email.  Looks like rain is in the forecast for tomorrow and thats not good. Hopefully the weather holds and we get a day as beautiful as today.  Decent card here today with big fields but not alot of start power especially for a day as big as this.  Lets see if we can cash some winners. I think the Early pick 4 (5 thru 8) will pay better than the late one.I like Emollient to win the Black Eyed Susan at a short price . I like Sensible Lady in race 11 and Summer of Fun in Race 13. These 3 stand out to me. Good luck and hit them hard.

Race 1

8 Bayonne

2 FRanstein

3 Garden Gate

Race 2

Large Field of maidens where many things can go wrong. Your guess is as good as mine.

8 Jessica C

3 Yuzuru

9 Vicky Ticky Tavvie

14 Killington

Race 3

6 Dixiluna

7 Talent N Passion

8 Curlamorous

Race 4

7 Grain

8 OutBacker

9 WildHassee

Race 5

1 Harrythe Navigator

5 Locche

14 beatnik

8 Flyin Bayou

Race 6

6 Strike the Moon

5 Dance to Bristol

Race 7

7 Livingston Street

11 Volcano Run

9 Mr. Handsome

Race 8

2 Tread

10 Jewel of the Cat

8 Im Moms favorite

9 Lighthouse Bay

$.50 Cent Pick 4 (Races 5-8)

1,5,8,14

5,6

7,9,11

2,8,9,10

$48 Play

Race 9
7 Ben’s Cat

2 BridgeTown

1 Spring in the Sky

Race 10

7 EMOLLIENT

3 FiftyShadesofFlay

9 Marathon Lady

Race 11

3 Sensible Lady

13 Sweet Cassiopeia

7 Sounds of the City

10 Spun Cap

Race 12

4 EightofAsttocatch

7 Last Gunfighter

$$.50 Cent  Late Pick 4 (Races 9-12)

1,2 7

3,7,9

3,4,7,10,13

4,7

$45 Play

Race 13

10 Summer of Fun

2 Zenzara

5 Premier Steps

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Belmont Pasrk Thursday 5/16/13

Belmont Park Thursday 5/16/13

Yesterday produced a couple of winners including my bet of the day the Thinker in the 7th  and top choice Teaks North in the 8th but the 9th betrayed me again and I was knocked out of the pick 4 by a fifty dollar horse.  Some frustration but nothing too blatant. Today there are a few in here that I like at decent prices including Treasured Pin Number and Night Officer if he opts out of the Jim Mckay turf Sprint on the Black Eyed Susan card, although next Question will be a tough customer. 

This will be the last day of Belmont for the week and I will be shifting gears to Pimlico for the Black Eyed Susan and the Preakness.I also will not be posting on Sunday as I return from Baltimore extremely hungover i presume. Good luck and hit them hard.

Race 1

While my top two apear to be best on paper I liked Isntlovegrands last race and think he can improve off of that and has run well on the turf in the past.

2 Tight End  Touchdown

6 Magical Season

5 Isnt Love Grand

1 Cayambe

Race 2

Treasured adds blinkers ,switches to surface he is bred for has a bullet work out and Luis Saez remains aboard.  Ilike the 10-1 ML and will take a shot.  Sweet Potato has been working great on the turf for Todd Pletcher and should improve first time out for new barn. Barbie Wire tries the turf for Chad Brown for the first time and being a daughter of Tapit this one will have no problem with the switch.

3 Treasured

1 Barbie Wire

4 Sweet Potato

Race 3

A terrible race but Epic Legend ran well on the dirt in maiden breaker . Second Place finisher came back to win next out . Toss the turf effort where he had trouble and was routing on the grass. Back to his game and gets an inside draw.  Tweet Me may not like the slop and did no running in last while taking a big class drop.  Rider switch on Dream of Scipio draws my interest. not sold on #5 In Todd We Trust ability to get in the winner circle so I choose others despite the fact he may very well run in the money. Prefer others as win candidates.

2 Epic Legend

3 Tweet Me

4 Dream of Scipio

Race 4

These first time starter races are just crapshoots . Isolate other legs and spread around here if you are playing the Pick 4

1 Ward Entry

5 Carolinian

2 Lawrence Entry

Race 5

Pin Number gets back on track after year long layoff but Englehart has been able to get these types back fit and this one likes the track Ill take a shot at a big price.  There is plenty of speed in here to set up for this one who will come from off the pace.  Our Entourage stalks and pounces on these at a short price.  but why is this 350K Street Cry colt being given up for  used Hinda ?

3 Pin Number

5 Willy Elliot

6 Our Entourage

8 Political Justice

$.50 Cent Early Pick 4

1,3,4

2

ALL

3,5,6,8

$30 Play

Race 6

#7 Litigate and #2 Island Sunset exit the same race and Litigate blew past after Island Sunset dueled on the front.  Both of those have faced better and I like their chances. Induce will have a few to contend with on the front end including TizMas who ships up from Parx and is 1 for 1 at BEL.

3 Induce

2 Island Sunset

7 Litigate

5 TizMas

Race 7

Immitable Romanee looks to be the one to beat at short odds. Schillerette just seems wrong on the dirt and gets back to the surface where her namesake did most of his heavy lifting. Yes its Pink  has won her  last two and is only getting better. Frosty Bay feels like a longshot who can do some damage here.  First turf effort in a while was a good one where she closed into soft fractions to win and Luzzi and Schettino are  29%  when they team up.

5 Immitable Romanee

10 Frosty Bay

6 Schillerette

8 Yes Its Pink

Race 8

Next Question second off the layoff is the speed of speeds ,especially if Pacific Ocean isn’t fit or doesn’t take to the lawn. Night Officer  is cross entered in the Jim Mckay turf sprint at Pimlico and if he runs here will benefit from a strong pace and a great turf rider.

5 Next Question

2 Night Officer

3 Hoofit

8 Pacific Ocean

Race 9

The last race always gets me. Usually some bomb comes along and messes up evertyhing like it did yesterday.  I am not going to bite I think I have it covered with these four.

2 Fizzano

4 Capetown Devil

10 Kingsford Drive

7 St. Liam’s Halo

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4

2,3,57

5,6,8,10

2,5

2,4,7,10

$64 play

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Belmont Park Wednesday 5/15/13

Belmont Park Wednesday 5/15/13

Be aware that the weather in NY doesn’t look good and it may rain. If the track comes up wet and they go off the turf I will try to update throughout the day. Hopefully the racing does remain on the turf because there are a few really good grass races today including the Good reward which features Sky Blazer and teaks North.    I will be doing the anti rain dance in my living room and hoping for the sun to shine through. Good luck and hit them hard.

Race 1

#1 El Genio at 2-1? The Rosario mania needs to subside a bit here. In this bunch a firster can win for sure but I’m not taking a short price  on a horse bought for 6K

6 DJ’s Hope

8 Songs of Aspen

3 Sandyz Slew

Race 2

The scratch of Path of Dreams leaves me thinking that maybe speed can hang on here hand horses like  #4 Precarious and # 9 Placentia can make some noise here. Im using ALL in this leg of the Pick 4. This one is tough to call.

8 Arriba Anna

3 Celtic Arch

7 Bramley

Race 3

D Princess is the one to beat here but I think Smokin Alice has a legit shot here as well as Elusive Jozi who always seems to run a decent race .

6 D’ Princess

3 Smokin Alice

1 Elusive Jozi

Race 4

A solid group of maidens with some real solid pedigrees.Michael Mareina sends out Handwoven and this trainer is deadly first out and with limited starters puts up big numbers at Belmont.  Judmonte Farms and Bill Mott send out Assured who has been working real well. This son of Empire Maker may be a good one.

4 Handwoven

6 Assured

1 Baroness Amira

Race 5

I am swinging for the fences here with West Bay Road who took money in debut and 2nd start last year but maybe just wasn’t ready as a two year old.  Now all grown up at  3 maybe this one is sitting on a big race at a big price.  Jacobson is too eager to get rid of Economic Forecast after claiming for 30k runs once in slop and was not a factor. Now comes back for almost half the price . Not a positive sign for me.  North Ocean is also a huge class drop here but Weaver must be respected with Blinkers coming off .

4 West Bay Road

9 North Ocean

6 Velocci

$.50 Cent Early Pick 4

ALL

6

1,4,6

4,6,9

$40.50 Play

Race 6

The coupled entry wil be tough in here with two top jocks aboard  Margano had to go wide on both turns and put in a late bid to get 3rd last out. Malibu Way is 3rd off the layoff for Christophe Clement. Westside Corral is a horse for the course. With 5 1st or 2nd place finishes in 9 starts here. Star Channel will try to wire them as the ML favorite  for Pletcher and Castellano

1 Lael Stable Entry

5 Westside Corral

6 Star Channel

Race 7

My top two choices may just run away from the pack here as they are just a bit faster than the trest on paper. Modern Child had a nice race here last spring  and has been working lights out in the am.

8 The Thinker

2 Sneaky Kitten

1 Modern Child

Race 8

The X Factor is the G! winner shipping from Chile. This one has races against Omayad who has come to the U.S and run in some big races including the Manhattan last year on Belmont Stakes day. Clement usually has them prepared first time in North America so i expect a god showing.  Teak North is a graded   stakes winner that will look to take them wire to wire. With the presence of a few other speeds in here that may pave the way for Hyper who is coming third off the layoff for Chad Brown and the ultra classy Sky Blazer who has not yet been able to get over the hump.

7 Teaks North

4 Quick Casablanca

6 Hyper

2 Sky Blazer

Race 9

8 Face of the Race

9 Without Regard

13 Professor Chaos

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4

1,5,6

1,2,8

2,4,6,7

8,9,13

$54 Play

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Belmont Park Sunday 5/12/13

Belmont Park Sunday 5/12/13

Its Mothers day so I wont be spending too much time updating today.  I spent the day with my mother yesterday and it was great to see her as always. Life goes by so quick and we tend to take things for granted. Never forget where you came from. If you are playing the ponies make your bets early and put the racing form away and give your undivided attention to the ones who made you and your children. Good luck and hit them hard.

Race 1

The MTO entrants look tough here.

13 Seven Dreams

11 Make the Moment

1 Boldchildsrevenge

Race 2

There is enough speed in hetre for Coaltown Legend to close into .

5 Coaltown legend

3 Abra

6 Sense of Peace

Race 3

Lily Lynn  is clearly the one  to beat. I think Victoryat Last could surprise however at a decent price. I like Mess in a Dress underneath and left off my p4 ticket

10 lLlly Lynn

2 Victoryat Last

4 Mess in a Dress

Race 4

Mott can have his horses ready off a layoff and BirdRun loves this track. Percussion will try to wire them and Fast Falcon needs a good setup from well off the pace.

4 Birdrun

5 Percussion

1 Fast Falcon

Race 5

I feel like I have it covered with these four. Cherokee Trcik has run well at Belmont but  has only raced twice since last April and neither have been good but I like the workouts and Chris Englehart is good off these types of layoffs.

10 Cherokee Trick

4 StellaLuce

8 Delightful Dawn

5 Hot Splash

$.50 Cent Early Pick 4 (races 2-5)

3,5,6

4,10

1,4,5

4,5,8,10

$36 Play

Race 6

Saginaw is carrying 130lbs today and I think Hillswick could get the jump on him early and carrying 8 lbs less could be the deciding factor. Private Tale has already faced Saginaw  running with 9 lbs less and still lost by 1 1/2 lengths.

8 Hillswick

4 Saginaw

6 private Tale

Race 7

Taking short money on #9 Ah Gaga and #1 Concealed is not a smart  move here. Especially with Carlton Baker who wins his share of debut maiden claiming races  and Guillermo Rodriguez and him  team up at 30% . So I will play the numbers and give Classical jet a try as well as the Chad Brown firster  Clean Eleven and Levine off the cut back with Lara

2 Classical Jet

8 Lara

4 Clean Eleven

Race 8

Taking a few layoff horses today including Charming Becky. Jock trainer team up at 30%  Bullet workout suggests this one is ready to start 3YO campaign on the right foot.

11 Charming Becky

16 Kaitlyns Cat

15 Spicy Spirit

Race 9

Delta Dyenne crushed  her competition by 8 lengths at 6F and this daughter of Flower Alley should be able to stretch out just fine.  Another Page stalked the pace to get up by a neck in her second career start and is eligible to improve off of that. D. Frost will come from off the pace and I am willing to take a shot at a price first off the claim for Randi Persaud

9 Delta Doyenne

2 Another Page

8 D. Frost

Race 10

What the Frost is the one to beat but Mononoke interests me for Carlos Martin because i have no idea why Castellano is riding this one unless it is ready to rumble off the layoff.

9 What the Frost

6 Mononoke

16 Flight or fantasy

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4

1,2,4,8,9

11,15,16

2,8,9

6,9

$45 Play

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Belmont Park Saturday 5/11/13

Belmont Park Saturday 5/11/13

Race 1

2 Lubango 2nd

4 Blue Creek

1 Point Taken 1st

Race 2

If Avenging Spirit is healthy he is clear cut above this field but Pletcher gave up on this horse and got rid of him for 25K and the horse ran a clunker in that one. Hewitts is consistent  but never seems to win . The Mixer is an interesting one who has  run well at BEL on a good surface before and should  be a real square price.

11 Avenging Spirit 1st

3 The Mixer

16 Willy Pay

Race 3

1 Group  Therapy 2nd

10 Born Sunday

7 Blonde Blitzen 1st

Race 4

14 Bold and Ready 3rd

6 Bold Forest 2nd

1 Undrgrndregulatar 1st

Race 5

I Think #13 Ludo Bugman will run well and get a piece of this as well and will use in pick 4  I think that Half Wildcat and Goodtolook will run well.

6 Archer Hill

3 GoodtoLook

1 Half Wildcat

$.50 Cent Early Pick 4

3,11,16

1,10

6,14

1,3,6,13

$24 Play

Race 6

6 Howies Tiz 2nd

3 Bad Hombre 1st

2 Town Extension

5 Accelerate 3rd

Race 7

1 Joe Alan 1st

2 Gold Buffalo 4th

6 Joe Mooch 2nd

Race 8

9 Amberjack 1st

4 Irish Moon 2nd

2 Quiet Power 3rd

3 Ego Friendly

Race 9

With a few gunning for the lead here I think fear the Kitten will make a strong late move and be right there at the end. This is a pretty strong edition of the Belmont Stakes prep.  Abraham has been facing  good competition and bobbled the break in the Illinois Derby and should be tough here as well. Saint Vigeur must be respected as well as #1 Freedom Child . These two horses have wins at the distance but may burn each other out up front. #8 Declans Warrior has sprinted up to this point but breeding suggests he can get the distance and #10 Incognito  has been steadily improving.

4 Fear the Kitten

5 Abraham

7 Saint Vigeur

Race 10

15 Derby Watch 1st

16 Dapper Draper

14 Economic Forecast

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4

1

2,3,4,6,9

1,4,5,7,8,10

14,15,16

$45 Play   Paid $200

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Belmont Park Friday 5/10/13

Belmont Park Friday 5/10/13

I caught the early pick 4 yesterday for $296  when Johannesburg Smile scratched and was given the post time favorite Mine Over Matter for another .50 cent increment . I was denied a chalky chance at the late pick 4 when i left Tenango off my tickett who won for fun We are back on the turf for races 5 and 6 here. The turf is yielding and the main track is listed as good. Lets keep the good times rolling. Good luck and hit them hard.

Race 1

3 Hannah ^

2 Midnight Ruler

1 Bobby Jo

Race 2

Talk about a fall from grace… #9 Almost an Angel ran in the BC Juvenile Fillies 7 months ago and now is in for a 50k tag. Not sure this one  is meant for dirt and probably just want her to work so they left her in when the race came off turf.

10 Majestic Marquet

1 Runway Ready

6 Casual Elegance

2 Cotton Pickin

Race 3

5 Rigby

4 Regal Strike

Race 4

I want to use #3 Harbor Mist but this horse seems to need the lead and with the presence of #6 Clear Pasaj she may not get it.

7 Go Unbridled

5 Miss Valentine

2 Erin Enchanted

Race 5

Given the yielding turf I am also going to use #5 Draw Two. This one may have been my top choice, especially since  but Catsellano opts to ride other Chad Brown horse, Snake Pit. so I am thinking this one will need a race off the layoff.  #3 Stormy Len took  a lot of money in turf debut but had trouble on the first turn . Johnny V. remains and this one should run much better at decent odds. #9 Baker Street has the breeding to run well on turf and was a 200K Street Cry purchase.  Has kept some good company along the way. Interesting race with some well bred horses.

7 Snake Pit

3 Stormy Len

9 Baker Street

$.50 Cent early Pick 4 (races 2-5)

1,2,6,10

5

2,3,5,6,7

3,5,7,9

$40 Play

Race 6

If Mariel N Kathy takes to the yielding turf  this one could be live on the front end . She is 2 for 2 at Belmont and gets  class relief from Tapicat and kitten Dumplings.

7 Floral Romance

3 DeanaAllensKitten

2 Mariel N Kathy

Race 7

There is only 5 horses in this one after it came off te trf. 4 of them have a chance on paper. If I use all 4 and leave off #1 I will get burned so i am using all 5 because there is no telling who will win this. You have a MSW to MCL drop. A horse 3rd off a two year layoff .  A career maiden who stays in the money but never wins and a horse whos speed fig in last will make him the likely favorite but I am not convinced. ALL button it is and watch the favorite win by open lengths..

9 Polaris Dream

11 Milesmore

13 Taylor Jagger

7 Right Now

Race 8

The question is will all the speeds cook themselves on the front. Carried Interest is a good horse but retrieve just dueled for the lead in the Bayshore and will be right there harassing the favorite every step of the way. Could #2 WhataboutHonor rate just off them? The return of Lawn man who beat Honorable Dillon in his debut and was well backed in the hopeful before getting bumped at the break.   Lots of ways to play this

2 Whatabouthonor

3 Carried Interest

4 lawn man

Race 9

8 Forever Thing

12 olympian

11 Speechmaker

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4

2,3,7

ALL

2,3,4

8,11,12

$67.50 Play

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Belmont Park Thursday 5/9/13

Belmont Park Thursday 5/9/13

OFF THE TURF

Race 1

6 Convocation

3 Budge Man

5 Quiet favorite

Race 2

2 Hey Shares

5 Won Great Classic

6 Bigger is Bettor

1a Papa Tom

Race 3

12 Sovereign Default

6 Scotus

2 Space Race

Race 4

1 Cactus City Road

4 Unlimited Power

6 Tweet t Me

Race 5

7 Mine Over Matter

3 Johannesburg Smile

4 Be Bullish

$.50 Cent Early Pick 4 (races 2-5)

1,2,5,6

2,6,12,13

1,4

3,4,7

$48 Play

Race 6

9 Gritty Gal

8 Hold it

5 So Blessed

Race 7

1 El Oh El

4 Much Stronger

6 Risk Factor

Race 8

5 Hackleton

6 Reload

9 Schoolyard Dreams

Race 9

13 Ultimate EMpire

10 Outcome

2 Go Giant Bry Go

$1  Late Pick 4

8,9

1,4,5,6

5,6,9,11

13

$32 Play

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Belmont Park Wednesday 5/8/13

Belmont Park Wednesday 5/8/13

My  solid streak continued on Sunday when I hit the late Pick 4 with a dead heat and had both horses. It paid $475 between the both of them on a $63 Play  A few of you contacted me and said you caught it and I’m glad we could cash. The track is soaked today after the big rain storm we had through the morning and they are off the turf out at Belmont. Keep an eye on the drying track as it could become a concrete highway if the rain does not start up again. Big Sandy dries out quickly. Good luck and hit them hard.

Race 1

After posting  91 beyer in slop last time # Sweet N Discreet looks tough to beat on the surface but #4 Pow Wow Wow has faced much better and comes back off a bit of a layoff for Nick Zito #5 Railtown Girl had a wide trip in last and with better positioning will be right in the thick of it.

4 Pow Wow Wow

5 Railtown Girl

3 Sweet N Discreet

Race 2

Off the  Turf event is tough to call in leg one of early p4 i will spread here for sure.

6 Reliquary

3 Vindication Spot

8 Shewreckstheplace

4 Winmor Gold

Race 3

#2  CarameAway may make life difficult fon the front end for Natalie Victoria, who has strung together two clunkers in a row now. One was in agG2 event so you can toss the race but the subsequent race was a disaster after being contested early and setting a hot pace.  Feel like someone is going to get this from off the pace  whether its Rhonin Victoria stalking  of Lady Kierkagaard closing.

1 Rhonin Victoria

3 Lady Kierkagaard

5 Natalie Victoria

Race 4

#7 Divine Luck may simply get the jump on thses and not look back. #6 WatRUGonnaDoRosie and #8 Skyfall have both won a one turn race. #4 Fly Again may also be a player in here if she takes to the off going

7 Divine Luck

6 WatruGonnaDoRosie

8 SkyFall

Race 5

#2 Sayaprayerforme debuted at this distance on dirt in an MSW then switched tactics to turf route in last while dropping. gets big rider switch and Jock /trainer hit at 29%. #3 Sound of Drums found the mud to his liking last out and will be tough if he runs the same race. #7 Broadway Hat was speed and fade last out after a 3 month layoff. Jacobson should have this one fit for this one. #12 Spin Chief is a firster for Carl Domino who can pop a longshot every now and then.

2 Sayaparyerforme

3 Start of the Drum

7 Broadway Hat

$.50 Cent Early Pick 4 (races 2-5)

3,4,6,8,12

1,3,5

7

2,3,7,12

$30 Play

Race 6

#8 Sacred Success has back class and Breen taking over could be a really good thing and Rosario aboard is another big plus but the 14K claiming price is a red flag for me.  . if La Verdad runs in the slop the way she did last time this one may be a done deal.   #3 Nonnie Connie won by open lengths in the mud here last fall and should be even better  starting 3YO campaign. #5 kitty Panda gets Javy and Lasix  for the 1st time second out for Clement.

6 La Verdad

3 Nonnie Connie

5 Kitty Pands

Race 7

So Scott may get forgotten on MTO list and has done most of his work sprinting but the one turn mile will be in his wheel house and despite being 5/2 I think will be an overlay on the board come post time so I will use in P4

10 Talk Therapy

2 Street Fight

13 So Scott

Race 8

Well bred group and I really cant put my finger on one I like . Anyone of these could improve immensely from last and breakthrough.

5 Norumbega

3 Integrity

7 Doherty

Race 9

1a Al Aqsa has a good race in the mud and ran well last out and just missed against comeback winner Yo Blue. #9 tapulous drops down and will be over bet for Pletcher  #7 U Whippersnapper owns a decent mud effort in an MSW race. Now gets some class relief and will be overlooked at the window. #15 Prudent Investor looks improve off  a disappointing first effort and the barn is giving this horse up for 1/10th of what he cost.

1a Al Aqsa

9 Tapulous

7 U Whippersnapper

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4

3,5,6,8

2,10,13

ALL

1a

$36 Play

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Belmont Park Sunday 5/5/13

Belmont Park Sunday 5/5/13

A few big scores yesterday really made for a memorable day of racing for me despite losing in the first leg of the Pick 4 on a $160 ticket…ouch!.  A small trifecta in race one, a decent ti fecta in race 2 in which my top four rounded out a real nice super, a big trifecta in race 7 and a huge trifecta in the derby to cap off  a great day. In race 7 I boxed my top 3 in the first two spots and went all in the third and I got lucky when Holiday Soiree beat out Jamaican Smoke to get up for third and give me $830 on a $42 investment.  I came back to reality quickly however when I left off Stephanie’s Kitten to start the Pick 4.  Then Revolutionary  got up inside for third and with long shot Golden Soul finishing 2nd my 3,4,8,9,16 trifecta  box returned $1734 despite the favorite being on top.  It only takes one.

   As for the derby itself I thought Rosario showed a lot of patience staying that far back early and confidently got his horse going at the right time. Until proven otherwise More than Ready is not a classic distance sire.  Golden Soul is skipping the Preakness and waiting for Belmont. Seems to me like this horse is tailor made for the mile and a half and his one speed style  reminds me of Drosselmeyer.  Ill be at the Preakness in two weeks and I hope we can get Orb to NY with a triple crown threat.

   As for today we have 10 races in the spring version of the NY stallion series. A great card full of state breds so we quickly turn the page from the derby and get back on the horse. Good luck and hit them hard.

Race 1

4 Mon Arch Lass

1/1a entry

2 Precarious

Race 2

4 Petrocelli

5  Lalila’s Jazz

6 Chapman

Race 3

3 Lovely Syn

5 keep Bustin

2 Sharon Spaghetti

Race 4

5 Chardsey

6 Nelson Avenue

10 Scofield

Race 5

11 Wickapecko

10 MyPerfectValentine

7 Kaitlyns Cat

$.50 cent Early Pick 4 (races 2-5)

4,5,6

3

5,6,10

1,3,7,8,10,11

$27 Play

Race 6

Rein King Ender Kenievel gun for lead and Mordi passes them by. Maybe GroomedforVictory can get past Ender as well.

3 Mordi’s Miracle

5 Groomed for Victory

4 Ender Kenievael

Race 7

Terrible way to start the Pick 4. Maiden Special Weight littered with first time starters.

7 ISntShe Wonderful

8 Irish Whisper

1 Spinit to Whinit

10 Amazing Abby

Race 8

Another tricky event with many who can get a piece of this. 

7 Minescape

11 Lure of the South

8 Gamblin fever

9 Power Blast

Race 9

One horse race unless Pletchers magic works with Elusive Rumour.

2 DayintheSpa

4 Elusive Rumour

3 kibosh

Race 10

11 Maxanna

2 Gone to the Chapel

3 Invading Humor

4 Wildcat’s Element

$.50 Cent Late Pick 4

1,7,8

2,6,7,8,9,10,11

2

2,3,4,5,8,11

$63 Play

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