2010 Whitney Handicap: Entries, Post Positions, and Odds
by Matt Gardner on Aug 4, 2010 2:01 PM EDT
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Breeders' Cup Classic contender Quality Road will take on five rivals in Saturday's Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga. Joining Quality Road will be 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, 2010 Stephen Foster winner Blame, Suburban Handicap winner Haynesfield, and Musket Man, third place finisher in both the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2009 Preakness.
Grade 1 Whitney Handicap
Saratoga
1 1/8 Miles
Three year olds and up
Purse: $750,000
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PP |
Horse |
Jockey |
ML |
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1 |
Mine That Bird |
C. Borel |
12/1 |
|
2 |
Blame |
G. Gomez |
4/1 |
|
3 |
Quality Road |
J. Velasquez |
2/5 |
|
4 |
Haynesfield |
R. Dominguez |
12/1 |
|
5 |
Jardim |
J. Leparoux |
30/1 |
|
6 |
Musket Man |
R. Maragh |
6/1 |
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Musket Man fan here!
I remember how Musket Man ran last year at TAM and HAW, thought he was going to be the next big thing. Small field should help him from getting blocked in – although Quality Road & Mine That Bird have had the upper hand on Musket Man already this year. And Blame might really be the next big thing. Glad Ramon is not riding MM here – however would have preferred Eibar Coa over Rajiv.
Quality Road is really on a different level and shouldn’t have too tough a time winning. But, one can hope…
Haynesfield
I think Haynesfield might be a key player in that if he can apply enough pace pressure to Quality Road, perhaps that will open the door for either Blame or Musket Man. I don’l think he can win, but he might be able to soften up QR.
Blame and Musket Man at least offer some odds, as opposed to Quality Road’s 2/5.
It’s not a huge field but there is a good amount of depth; if QR were to falter there I could see pretty much any horse but Jardim winning.
"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."
I Would Love To See Musket Man Win....
Now is the time boys to make a big noise.
No matter what the people say,
For there is naught to fear, the gang's all here,
So hail West Virginia, hail.
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