Saturday as for picking the winners I give myself a F. For chooses for hitting the board, I give myself an A. What I’ve decided to do is depending on where I put them in my predictions (Win, Place, Show), that would be the payoff that I would take.
Race 1 (Gulfstream) I had Well Positioned first, Take the Points finishing second and Masla finishing third. Two of those three had hit the board. Except I had them in the wrong places. Take the Points won with Masla finishing second. Well Positioned was second to last, so hopefully he’s ok. Take the Points is by Even the Score.
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Earnings: $9.00
Holy Bull Stakes (Gulfstream): I had Rockland, Beethoven and West Side Bernie. Only West Side Bernie finished in the top three. Ironically, he finished exactly where I had him in third place. Saratoga Sinner won the Holy Bull and is by Harlan’s Holliday. Beethoven was fourth and Rockland a very disappointing eighth.
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Earnings: $3.60
Race 8 (Gulfstream): I had Nicanor, Single Malt and Boyhood Dream. Now while Single Malt was the only one to finish in the top three (he finished third), it was a disappointing, but promising start for Nicanor. While the chart says that he finished 10th (third to last), he actually had rushed up at the beginning of the race and looked to stay in contention, but he grabbed a quarter and his jockey Edgar Prado, wisely decided to ease him and see how bad the damage was. From the reports it sounds like that the grabbed quarter is not that bad. I look forward to his next race and hopefully a win. No one is expecting him to become the second coming of his brother, but I hope he has a good career in front of him. Warrior’s Reward by Medagila D’ Oro won the race.
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Earnings: $0
Donn Handicap (Gulfstream): I had Anak Nakal, Einstein and Albertus Maximus. Once again only two finished in the top three. I knew that my 2nd and 3rd place finishers where actually going to hit the board, but I wanted so value in this race which is why I went with who I did (I helps that I like his name in English which is Mischievous Child.) Well before I talk about how much I should have put the winner 2nd and the 3rd place finisher third. I would like to give a shout out to the 2nd place finisher Finallymadeit, I had him finishing up track, but he gave Maximus all that he can handle. Einstein did okay, but wished he waited until today’s race to run. But either way congrats to Maximus who is by Albert the Great. Off to Dubai! (And what about Anak, well he 7th)
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Earnings: $3.20
Santa Monica (Santa Anita): I had Ventura, Jibboom, and Baroness Thatcher. At last I picked a winner! Nice job by Ventura and her stablemate Jibboom to go 1-2. Ventura is by Chester House.
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Earnings: $5.60
Earnings for Saturday: $21.40
Now for today
Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (Gulfstream): I had Kip Deville, Court Vision and Red Rocks. Two winners this weekend yahoo! Kip held off a very gutsy Just as Well to win. Court was third, so not bad for this race. Red however, was a very disappointing second to last place and his second really bad start in the row. I hope he’s ok, but Kip is the man. Next possible stop for Kip, could be Dubai. So, he’ll be up against some very tough horses. Kip is by Court Vision’s full brother Kipling.
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Earnings: $7.00
Also here is an article about his win along with the other Sunday Stakes race at Gulfstream, Link.
Earnings for the weekend: $28.40
So while I had a good weekend of horses finshing in the top three, picking the actual winners wasn't as great.
A few other notes from this past weekend, Capt. Candyman Can won the Hutchenson at Gulfstream on Friday, beating highley regarded horses Hello Broadway and Break Water Edison. The first G1 for the 3yo's is this Saturday at Santa Anita (I'll do the preview later on this week). Also the Risen Star field is starting take shape Link .
Tomarrow I hope to have the Beyers of this weekend's stakes races, plus the first Thoroughbred Chat Top Five for overall horses, older male, older female, 3yo male and 3yo female.
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