Zenyatta to face five in Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (Update w/ML Odds)
by Matt Gardner on Aug 5, 2010 12:21 PM EDT
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2009 Breeder's Cup Classic winner Zenyatta will face five rivals in Saturday's Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar.
Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch
Del Mar
1 1/16 miles
Three year olds and up
Purse: $300,000
Post time: 6:00 PDT
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PP |
Horse |
Jockey |
ML |
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1 |
Princess Taylor (GB) |
Espinoza V |
15/1 |
|
2 |
Made for Magic |
Berrio O A |
12/1 |
|
3 |
Spring Style (IRE) |
Valenzuela P A |
20/1 |
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4 |
Dance to My Tune |
Flores D R |
12/1 |
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5 |
Zenyatta |
Smith M E |
1/5 |
|
6 |
Rinterval (IRE) |
Bejarano R |
10/1 |
1-Princess Taylor is making her third start in North America after a couple of tries on the lawn at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park. She tried the boys in the Grade 2 San Juan Capistrano but showed little to nothing in that race. A nice comeback effort in the Grade 2 Beverly Hills saw her come up a length short to Turning Top.
2-Made for Magic won the Grade 2 Milady in mid-May at Hollywood Park but finished well back of Rachel Alexandra in the Fluer di Lis at Churchill. She then ran a so-so fourth in the A Gleam Handicap at Hollywood last time out.
3-Spring Style (IRE) has spent most of her recent races running on the turf and has only wins against N2X, N1X, and Maiden Special Weight company to her credit.
4-Dance to My Tune is the probable early speed in this event and finished a good second to Zenyatta in the Grade 1 Santa Margarita at Santa Anita on March 13th. However, she hasn't won a race since November of 2007 at Woodbine.
5-Zenyatta came the closest she's ever come to losing a race when she ran in this spot last summer, finishing a head in front of Anabass Creation (IRE). If she wins on Saturday it will be her 18th straight victory and her third win in the Hirsch.
6-Rinterval (IRE) will likely ensure that the pace on the front end of this race is sold as she's been keen to run early in her last two starts at Arlington Park at seven furlongs and a mile.
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She didn't appear to like the track
…in the past. But other than that I don’t see any reason to doubt she wins this. Zenyatta takes this one for #18.
Agreed
For a small field there looks to be enough speed to give her plenty to close into…not that pace really matter much for Zenyatta. Sometimes I get the impression the leaders could go 55+ for the 1/2 and she’d still be able to close into them in the stretch.
"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."
by Matt Gardner on Aug 5, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed Squared....
…I can’t see any reason to like any of these against Zenyatta. Free square, and hope for longer odds in surrounding races.
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