Tomorrow, the Delta Jackpot will be taking place. This year the purse is back up to a million (it was $750,000 last year), and the field is pretty strong. Most of these horses didn't have the set up for the Juvenile and where sent here instead. Lets take a look at this year's field.
7th (4:15)
Delta Downs Jackpot S. (G3)1 1/16 Miles | Open | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Gourmet Dinner Madrid S O Standridge Steve W 119 Blk-On L 6-1
2 2 Classic Legacy Talamo J Baffert Bob 117 Blk-On L 6-1
3 3 Aces N Kings Borel C H Johnson Henry B Jr 119 L 12-1
4 4 Rush Now Albarado R J Dutrow Anthony W 119 L 9-2
5 5 Clubhouse Ride Valenzuela P A Lewis Craig A 119 L 10-1
6 6 Bug Juice Castellano J J Levine Bruce N 119 L 8-1
7 7 Decisive Moment Clark K D Arias Juan D 117 Blk-Off L 20-1
8 8 Blue Laser Bridgmohan S X Casse Mark 122 L 3-1
9 9 Sweet Ducky Bravo J Breen Kelly J 119 L 4-1
10 10 Dreamsrunwild Diego I V Duke Steven 119 L 20-1
Dispite him being the favorite, I don't think Blue Laser will do well here. He's going from a synthetic to a natural dirt surface. Keep an eye on Aces N Kings who started his career undefeated before losing to Dreamsrunwild who is also in this field. He also has a very interesting story, his sire is an ex teaser (meaning he was the one who got the mares ready to see the real stallion). His breeder/owners own a farm in Texas where in 2007 they broke a filly by Medaglia d' Oro out of a Roar mare. Of course I'm talking about Rachel Alexandra. Also for the record his sire Jet Phone is now a full time stallion. However I gotta go with Sweet Ducky. He has been very impressive especially defeating Astrology (co-owned by Jess Jackson and George Bolton who owned Curlin, and of course Jess owning Rachel) and Curlinello (who has nothing in common with the formentioned Curlin, except they are both by Smart Strike). My lone concern is his poorest race was on a sloppy surface, however after a quick check of the weather looks like it will be a fast race track on Saturday.
Top three:
1. Sweet Ducky
2. Aces N Kings
3. Bug Juice
I'm actually pre-writing this up on Thursday night as I will be out of town for a family gathering until Sunday. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I hope all the horses stay safe!
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