Top quality 3yo's are back! This weekend is not only the Haskell, but the Jim Dandy which has produced several eventual Travers winners. Lets take a look at this year's field:
RACE 10 JIM DANDY S. (GRADE II) POST TIME - 6:01 PM
Purse $600,000. For Three Year Olds. By subscription of $600 each which should accompany the nomination; $4,500 to pass the entry box and an additional $4,500 to start. For horses not originally nominated, a supplemental payment of $12,000 along with the entry and starting fees may be made at any time prior to the closing of entries. The purse to be divided 60% to the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% divided equally among the remaining finishers. 123 Lbs. Non-winners of a Grade I race at a mile or over in 2014 allowed 2 Lbs.; a Grade II at a mile or over in 2014 allowed 4 Lbs.; a Grade III at a mile or over allowed 6 Lbs. A trophy will be presented to the winning owner. Closed Saturday, July 12, 2014 with 18 Original Nominations and 1 Supplement. One And One Eighth Miles.
P# Horse A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 Cousin Stephen (KY) 3/C L J R Velazquez 117 C C Brown 12/1
2 Legend (KY) 3/R L L Saez 117 H J Bond 12/1
3 Ulanbator (KY) 3/C L J R Leparoux 117 I R Wilkes 15/1
4 Tonalist (KY) 3/C L J Rosario 123 C Clement 8/5
5 Kid Cruz (KY) 3/C L I Ortiz, Jr. 119 L Rice 8/1
6 Commanding Curve (KY) 3/R L S Bridgmohan 117 D Stewart 5/1
7 Wicked Strong (KY) 3/C L R Maragh 123 J A Jerkens 2/1
Tonalist is the horse to beat. After all, he handed California Chrome his first loss of 2014 and denied the Triple Crown in the Belmont. Commanding Curve did not have a great Belmont after running well in the Derby. Wicked Strong will be running with blinkers for the first time, which hopefully will help him stay calm in the post parade. Of the three "unknowns" (well unknowns to me) both Legend and Ulanbator have finished behind Kid Cruz who after a poor Preakness returned to lower company with wins.
Picks:
Win- Wicked Strong: Been on the bandwagon too long to get off now, like the addition of the blinkers and honestly outside of Tonalist is the best horse in this race.
Place- Tonalist: He should win here, but Belmont winners don't always have a great post Belmont record.
Show- Kid Cruz: IMO is better than Commanding Curve and should like the Saratoga surface.
Dark Horse: Legend
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