Delaware Park here I come!

I’m hopeful that tomorrow will be my first time to Delaware Park for the season. It’s a nice card despite the lack of stakes this season. However, the field sizes are nice sizes. That could be attributed to the new racing secretary Pat Pope. Here is a preview of tomorrow’s card at Delaware. To find all the horses that are on the card, please click here. The Morning Line odd are in parenthesis. I include a few notes on some of the races.

Picks

Race 1: Eastern Melody (8-1), Bound To (3-2), This Kitty’s Mine (4-1)

Race 2: Dancerama (6-1), Scary Appeal (7-2), Gift from the Sea (8-1)
Scary Appeal is a half sister to 2007 DE-Certified 2yo male Champ Scary Trip.

Race 3: Unforgettable Gal (3-1), Music is My Life (8-1), Silverdollardella (15-1)

Race 4: Smarty’s Gold (10-1), Uncle Nick (8-1), Twisted Vision (9-2)
Smarty’s Gold’s mom Mandy’s Gold ran in the Delaware Handicap in the early 2000’s. Of course his dad is the one and only Smarty Jones.

Race 5: Spooky Mulder (9-5), Vaya Con Dios (8-1), Man in Grey/True Wink (coupled entry) (5-1)
The old man gets it done. His trainer (Scott Lake) and Man in Grey and True Wink’s trainer (Tim Richey) are in a tight battle for top trainer.

Race 6: Whistlejacket (8-1), Newport (7-2), Mavin Giles (10-1)
Whistlejacket is coming out of the same race as Nicanor’s maiden win.

Race 7: Go Hide and Watch (2-1), Level With Me (12-1), Shirien (3-1)

Race 8: My Heart Skips (8-1), Fries (7-2), Jor El (9-2)

Race 9: Disguise (7-2). Rabbit Tracks (8-1), Footloose Man (10-1)
Disguise shares a breeder with Quality Road and Saint Liam.

Race 10 (Arabian): I should note that this is the final leg for the Triple Crown for Arabians. And it’s possible that it could happen with Qjuick Sand PW (7-5) so he’s my pick to get the Triple Crown.

On June 13 I will have a Post Triple Crown Live Chat starting at 3:00 pm. Posters can give their thoughts and ask questions. The Chat will go about an hour in length, maybe a little bit more if there is a lively discussion going on.



Also after the Belmont, I will be taking a little bit of a break (about 2-3 days). While on this break, I will be working on a pedigree project. The plan focuses on The 11 Triple Crown winners, Breeder’s Cup Classic winners and Breeder’s Cup Distaff winners. Basically what I’m going to do is research their offspring and sometime in the future, I will put it in a PDF file and put it up on the website. So sometime within the next 3 to 4 months, it should be up online. Wish me luck!

Edit: 11:27 pm: Rachel Alexandra will skip the Belmont and wait till most likely the Mother Goose. I wanted to get this in before I went to sleep tonight. A full post about what I think of this and her Vogue shoot coming tomarrow.