Happy New Year everyone! I appologize for not posting yesterday as I got involved with something else. So I didn't get a chance to even really look at the fields for today's stakes races. Instead I'm going to preview tomorrow and Sunday's stakes races. However before that, today is also the universal birthday for horses in the Northern Hemisphere.
So,
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear horsies (especially Funny Cide (age 10), Rockport Harbor (age 8), Hard Spun (age 6), She Be Wild (age 3), Rule (age 3), Blind Luck (age 3), Rocky's babies (ages 2 and 1), Round Pond (age 8), Rachel Alexandra (age 4), Zenyatta (age 6), Hard Spun babies (age 1), Zenyatta's lucky date (age ?))
Happy birthday to you!
Now to this weekend's races.
First up at tomorrow at Aqueduct
8th (3:44)
Count Fleet S.
1 Mile 70 Yards | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $65,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Laus Deo Cohen D Dutrow Anthony W 116 L 6-1
2 2 Ibboyee Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd A 120 L 8-5
3 3 Run to Grand Ave. Castellano J J Levine Bruce N 116 L 8-1
4 4 Peppi Knows Belmonte L A Kreiser Timothy C 120 L 5-1
5 5 Turbo Speed Cora D Houghton T Bernard 120 L 7-2
6 6 Worth a Buck Garcia Alan Weaver George 116 15-1
7 7 Afleet Again Arroyo A S Reid Robert E Jr 116 Blk-On L 15-1
8 8 Our Commander Napravnik A R Capuano Gary 120 L 10-1
Laus Deo may not be as good as his stablemate Winslow Homer, but he's by one of the hottest sires around in Medaglia d'Oro and the males are finally starting to come around. Hopefully he does well in this prep for the Whirlaway, Gotham, Wood Memorial route.
Not a stakes, but also at Aqueduct tomorrow
9th (4:12)
6 Furlongs | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Allowance | Purse: $40,000
Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 5 Structural Change Garcia Alan Bush Thomas M 118 L 6-1
1A 6 Offensive Attack Napravnik A R Bush Thomas M 118 L 6-1
2 1 Chernobyl's Hero Studart M Odintz Jeff 118 L 30-1
3 2 Won Great Classic Hill C Brown Bruce R 118 L 20-1
4 3 Kid Freud Cohen D Autrey Cody 118 L 9-2
5 4 Puregoodniss Lopez C C Imperio Joseph 118 L 10-1
6 7 L. C. Bulgari Chavez J F Maker Michael J 118 8-1
7 8 Psychotic Summer DeSouza N Toscano John T Jr 118 L 50-1
8 9 Golden Boychick Castellano J J Levine Bruce N 118 L 5-2
9 10 Estimator Bocachica O Grusmark Karl M 118 L 50-1
10 11 Island Son Jara F Duggan David P 118 L 30-1
11 12 Driven by Solar Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd A 123 L 3-1
12 13 Conquer the Fear Fragoso P Morrison John 118 L 20-1
Chernobyl's Hero is a horse that I've been following for quite a while now. He's been a bit of a hit and miss, but again like Laus Deo I'm hoping that he does well in the race.
Saturday at Santa Anita
8th (4:07)
San Gorgonio H. (G2)
1 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Fillies and Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Century Park Baze T C 116 L
2 Rosa Grace (GB) Talamo J 114 Blk-On L
3 Treat Gently (GB) Bejarano R 116 L
4 Life Is Sweet Gomez G K 122 L
5 Diamondrella (GB) Solis A 122 L
6 Czechers Sutherland C 115 L
7 Lavender Sky Ajtebi A 114 Blk-On L
8 Teamgeist (ARG) Smith M E 116 L
9 Cat by the Tale Rosario J 115 L
Now with Zenyatta now retired, Life is Sweet is the #1 older female on the West Coast and #2 overall (behind Rachel Alexandra). She does have turf experience, but that was on the East Coast where the turf is more on the softer side. Diamondrella could be the one to beat her, but it might be a little bit beyond her scope. Treat Gently gets a trainer change (from Bobby Frankel/Humberto Acanio to Bill Mott), so she may need a race.
Sunday at Gulfstream
8th (4:43)
Hal's Hope S. (G3)
1 Mile
Open
4 Year Olds And Up Stakes
Purse: $100,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 You and I Forever Castro E 116 L
2 Quality Road Velazquez J R 122 L
3 Helsinki Leparoux J R 116 L
4 Colonial Causeway Velasquez C 116 L
5 Le Grand Cru Lezcano J 120 L
6 Suyeta Farina T 116 L
7 Harlem Rocker Coa E M 116 L
8 Spin Master Garcia Alan 116 L
9 Congressional Page Marquez C H Jr 116 L
On paper, Quality Road should destroy the field. My concern is that he will freak out again and be scratched. However, he has gotten help on gates, so hopefully that has changed his opinon on gates. With that being said, Harlem Rocker while maybe a few steps below his Prince of Wales form a few years ago is my pick.
I know I forgot about a few stakes races, but these are the big ones for me (personally) this weekend. I'll be back Monday with a recap and start the countdown to ThoroughChat's 1 year aniversary!
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January 1, 2010
May 29, 2009
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.
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.
January 28, 2009
Welcome and Big Weekend
Welcome to Thoroughbred Chat. On this blog, I'll talk about the Triple Crown in both the US and Canada, plus the Breeder's Cup and major international races. So let's get started.
It's a major weekend for not only Derby preps, but Dubai World Cup preps.
We start off in Florida with two stakes races, an interesting allowance and the much anticpated debut of the full brother to Barbaro.
First off in the first race at Gulfstream,
1st (Post time 1:15)
1 Mile Open 3 Year Olds Allowance Purse: $42,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Sincero Leparoux J R 120
2 Pound Foolish Velasquez C 120 L
3 Cinnamon Road Velazquez J R 122 L
4 Well Positioned Castellano J J 120 L5 Copper Cascade Garcia Alan 122 L
6 Masala Coa E M 120 L
7 Take the Points Prado E S 120 L
Well Positioned is highley regarded and makes his 3yo debut. He's owned and trained by the same connections as last year's Derby winner Big Brown (This was before Big Brown was sold to IEAH). I will admit that I haven't seen his races, but I'll check them out on Calracing before Saturday. It will be interesting in how he does in this race. For second, I'll take Take the Points.
Top Three:
Well Positioned
Take the Points
Masala
7th (4:12)
Holy Bull S. (G3)
1 1/8 Miles Open 3 Year Olds Stakes Purse: $150,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Bruce N Autumn Prado E S 114 L
2 Danger to Society Albarado R J 114 L
3 Bear's Rocket Desormeaux K J 114 L
4 Saratoga Sinner Leparoux J R 114 L
5 El Crespo Castellano J J 114 L
6 Rockland Lezcano J 114 L
7 Stately Character McCauley W H 120 L
8 Idol Maker Velazquez J R 114 L
9 Nowhere to Hide Garcia Alan 114 L
10 West Side Bernie Trujillo E 122 L
11 Beethoven Borel C H 122 L
With standouts like Break Water Edison and Hello Broadway opting for Friday's Hutchenson instead, and Big Drama out, this is a wide open race. Beethoven won at Churchill in a stakes race in his 2yo finale, and West Side Bernie will be tough as well. Keep an eye on the 6, Rockland. He's won two stright on dirt and turf. He's by Smarty Jones out of the Kris S. mare Wiscasset making him a half brother to last year's Haskell runner-up Coal Play (Mineshaft). This is his stakes debut and Michael Matz trains.
Top Three:
Rockland
Beethoven
West Side Bernie
Speaking of Matz and brothers. At last the much, much anticpated debut of Nicanor, Barbaro's full brother.
8th (4:43)
1 Mile Open 3 Year Olds Maiden Special Weight Purse: $40,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Unbridled Cardinal Leparoux J R 122 L
2 Big Flirt Lopez P 122 L
3 Andiron Coa E M 122 L
4 Nicanor Prado E S 122 FTL5 Warrior's Reward Borel C H 122
6 Allrightsreserved Velazquez J R 122 L
7 Boyhood Dream Baird E T 122 FTL
8 Il Postino Velasquez C 122 L
9 Trust the Deputy Garcia Alan 122 L
10 Dubinsky Castellano J J 122 L
11 Single Malt Douglas R R 122 FTL
12 Audeamus Trujillo E 122 FTL
AE Stayonit Coa E M 122 L
Fitting that he makes his debut on the same day as the Holy Bull, which big brother won in the slop four years ago. No one is expecting for him to be like his brother. Unfortanlly, no fault of his own, younger siblings have had hard times coming out of their more famous siblings shadow (Just ask Rockcide and Homicide (Funny Cide's half sister and brother respectivley), Speedy Jones and Elusive Moment (Smarty Jones' half brother and full sister), ect) Really the only sibs that have made names for themselves lately are Sunriver (full to Ashado), Tiago (half to Giacomo), and Casino Drive (half to Jazil, 3/4 to Rags to Riches). I'll be rooting Nicanor on and hopefully he does well.
Top three:
Nicanor
Single Malt
Boyhood Dream
Gulfstream Park - January 31st, 2009 - Race 9
Donn H. - Grade: 1
Estimated Local Post Time: 5:14 PM
Race Type: Stakes
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward
Purse: $500,000
Distance: One And One Eighth Miles Surface: Dirt
1 Finallymadeit Nunez E O 117 L
2 Albertus Maximus Garcia Alan 120 L
3 Anak Nakal Bravo J 117 L
4 Bullsbay Velazquez J R 114 L
5 A. P. Arrow Desormeaux K J 115 Blk-On L
6 On Board Again Coa E M 112 L
7 Arson Squad Prado E S 119 L
8 Sir Whimsey Albarado R J 116 L
9 Great Hunter Castellano J J 116 L
10 Einstein (BRZ) Leparoux J R 122 L
Ahh the big race of the day at Gulfstream, and the first G1 of the year for the males. Albertus Maximus, won the Breeder's Cup Dirt Mile last year (Although it was actually synthtic, but that is a story for another day) and is now owned by Shadwell. Finallymadeit is taking a risk after running last week in the Sunshine Millions Classic. Arson Squad is a new horse on dirt, and hopefully Great Hunter is on the rebound. My pick is Anak Nakal, who won the PA Derby last year. It will be interesting in how he does in this race. Einstein is actually turf horse, but he does have some dirt sucess. He won the Clark Handicap last time out after bobbling at the break in the Arlington Million.
Top three:
Anak Nakal
Einstein
Albertus Maximus
It's off to California and Santa Anita for the first G1 for the females and it's a good one.
7th (3:36)
Santa Monica H. (G1)
7 Furlongs (All Weather Track) Fillies and Mares 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes Purse: $300,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Tizzy's Tune Rosario J 114 L
2 So Long Sonoma Smith M E 112 L
3 She's Cheeky Solis A 113 L
4 Indian Blessing Velazquez J R 122 L
5 Wake Up Maggie (IRE) Baze T C 115 L
6 Jibboom Bejarano R 115 L
7 Ventura Gomez G K 123 L
8 Baroness Thatcher Talamo J 115 Blk-On L
Rematch right off the bat. Breeder's Cup Filly/Mare Sprint winner Ventura vs the Female sprint Eclipse winner Indian Blessing. I gotta give the edge to Ventura, but I won't be suprised if Indian Blessing wins. Look out for Jibboom, she is an up and comer in the sprinting ranks.
Top three:
Ventura
Indian Blessing
Jibboom
Well that's it for today. I will be keeping track throughout the year, to see how many winner's I choose. A mythlogical $2 bet will go on each of them and then the day afterwards, I'll come back on and do recaps, plus have the total mythlogical earnings I have for the year. I hope you enjoy reading this blog and taking this journey with me.
It's a major weekend for not only Derby preps, but Dubai World Cup preps.
We start off in Florida with two stakes races, an interesting allowance and the much anticpated debut of the full brother to Barbaro.
First off in the first race at Gulfstream,
1st (Post time 1:15)
1 Mile Open 3 Year Olds Allowance Purse: $42,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Sincero Leparoux J R 120
2 Pound Foolish Velasquez C 120 L
3 Cinnamon Road Velazquez J R 122 L
4 Well Positioned Castellano J J 120 L5 Copper Cascade Garcia Alan 122 L
6 Masala Coa E M 120 L
7 Take the Points Prado E S 120 L
Well Positioned is highley regarded and makes his 3yo debut. He's owned and trained by the same connections as last year's Derby winner Big Brown (This was before Big Brown was sold to IEAH). I will admit that I haven't seen his races, but I'll check them out on Calracing before Saturday. It will be interesting in how he does in this race. For second, I'll take Take the Points.
Top Three:
Well Positioned
Take the Points
Masala
7th (4:12)
Holy Bull S. (G3)
1 1/8 Miles Open 3 Year Olds Stakes Purse: $150,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Bruce N Autumn Prado E S 114 L
2 Danger to Society Albarado R J 114 L
3 Bear's Rocket Desormeaux K J 114 L
4 Saratoga Sinner Leparoux J R 114 L
5 El Crespo Castellano J J 114 L
6 Rockland Lezcano J 114 L
7 Stately Character McCauley W H 120 L
8 Idol Maker Velazquez J R 114 L
9 Nowhere to Hide Garcia Alan 114 L
10 West Side Bernie Trujillo E 122 L
11 Beethoven Borel C H 122 L
With standouts like Break Water Edison and Hello Broadway opting for Friday's Hutchenson instead, and Big Drama out, this is a wide open race. Beethoven won at Churchill in a stakes race in his 2yo finale, and West Side Bernie will be tough as well. Keep an eye on the 6, Rockland. He's won two stright on dirt and turf. He's by Smarty Jones out of the Kris S. mare Wiscasset making him a half brother to last year's Haskell runner-up Coal Play (Mineshaft). This is his stakes debut and Michael Matz trains.
Top Three:
Rockland
Beethoven
West Side Bernie
Speaking of Matz and brothers. At last the much, much anticpated debut of Nicanor, Barbaro's full brother.
8th (4:43)
1 Mile Open 3 Year Olds Maiden Special Weight Purse: $40,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Unbridled Cardinal Leparoux J R 122 L
2 Big Flirt Lopez P 122 L
3 Andiron Coa E M 122 L
4 Nicanor Prado E S 122 FTL5 Warrior's Reward Borel C H 122
6 Allrightsreserved Velazquez J R 122 L
7 Boyhood Dream Baird E T 122 FTL
8 Il Postino Velasquez C 122 L
9 Trust the Deputy Garcia Alan 122 L
10 Dubinsky Castellano J J 122 L
11 Single Malt Douglas R R 122 FTL
12 Audeamus Trujillo E 122 FTL
AE Stayonit Coa E M 122 L
Fitting that he makes his debut on the same day as the Holy Bull, which big brother won in the slop four years ago. No one is expecting for him to be like his brother. Unfortanlly, no fault of his own, younger siblings have had hard times coming out of their more famous siblings shadow (Just ask Rockcide and Homicide (Funny Cide's half sister and brother respectivley), Speedy Jones and Elusive Moment (Smarty Jones' half brother and full sister), ect) Really the only sibs that have made names for themselves lately are Sunriver (full to Ashado), Tiago (half to Giacomo), and Casino Drive (half to Jazil, 3/4 to Rags to Riches). I'll be rooting Nicanor on and hopefully he does well.
Top three:
Nicanor
Single Malt
Boyhood Dream
Gulfstream Park - January 31st, 2009 - Race 9
Donn H. - Grade: 1
Estimated Local Post Time: 5:14 PM
Race Type: Stakes
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward
Purse: $500,000
Distance: One And One Eighth Miles Surface: Dirt
1 Finallymadeit Nunez E O 117 L
2 Albertus Maximus Garcia Alan 120 L
3 Anak Nakal Bravo J 117 L
4 Bullsbay Velazquez J R 114 L
5 A. P. Arrow Desormeaux K J 115 Blk-On L
6 On Board Again Coa E M 112 L
7 Arson Squad Prado E S 119 L
8 Sir Whimsey Albarado R J 116 L
9 Great Hunter Castellano J J 116 L
10 Einstein (BRZ) Leparoux J R 122 L
Ahh the big race of the day at Gulfstream, and the first G1 of the year for the males. Albertus Maximus, won the Breeder's Cup Dirt Mile last year (Although it was actually synthtic, but that is a story for another day) and is now owned by Shadwell. Finallymadeit is taking a risk after running last week in the Sunshine Millions Classic. Arson Squad is a new horse on dirt, and hopefully Great Hunter is on the rebound. My pick is Anak Nakal, who won the PA Derby last year. It will be interesting in how he does in this race. Einstein is actually turf horse, but he does have some dirt sucess. He won the Clark Handicap last time out after bobbling at the break in the Arlington Million.
Top three:
Anak Nakal
Einstein
Albertus Maximus
It's off to California and Santa Anita for the first G1 for the females and it's a good one.
7th (3:36)
Santa Monica H. (G1)
7 Furlongs (All Weather Track) Fillies and Mares 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes Purse: $300,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 Tizzy's Tune Rosario J 114 L
2 So Long Sonoma Smith M E 112 L
3 She's Cheeky Solis A 113 L
4 Indian Blessing Velazquez J R 122 L
5 Wake Up Maggie (IRE) Baze T C 115 L
6 Jibboom Bejarano R 115 L
7 Ventura Gomez G K 123 L
8 Baroness Thatcher Talamo J 115 Blk-On L
Rematch right off the bat. Breeder's Cup Filly/Mare Sprint winner Ventura vs the Female sprint Eclipse winner Indian Blessing. I gotta give the edge to Ventura, but I won't be suprised if Indian Blessing wins. Look out for Jibboom, she is an up and comer in the sprinting ranks.
Top three:
Ventura
Indian Blessing
Jibboom
Well that's it for today. I will be keeping track throughout the year, to see how many winner's I choose. A mythlogical $2 bet will go on each of them and then the day afterwards, I'll come back on and do recaps, plus have the total mythlogical earnings I have for the year. I hope you enjoy reading this blog and taking this journey with me.
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