Around the Backstretch - Super Sunday Edition
by Matt Gardner on Feb 6, 2011 12:37 PM EST
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PrintLike most of the country, I'll spend most of my day huddled around the TV watching the pomp and circumstance of this year's Super Bowl. Prior to the game, however, I'll spend my time with some action on the track.
In the 5th race at Gulfstream today is a filly, 12-Kate's Holiday (6/1), who comes back to the track after a tough luck 2nd in her last start on January 21st. She was "bumped and steadied" soon after leaving the gate, was wide coming of the turn and rallied strong to finish a clear 2nd. The race was an "off'-the-turf", so it needs to be taken with a grain of salt, but Kate's Holiday looks to be in decent form, which could be a big advantage in an N2L affair that has a whole lotta' confirmed losers in the field.
Yesterday's stakes results were pretty surprising, at least at Gulfstream. Giant Oak made a lot of sense to me as a horse that would run well but I didn't foresee the top contenders throwing in the towel in deep stretch the way they did. As for Teaks North and his win in the Gulfstream Park Handicap...well, you could have given me a year with the form and I wouldn't have come up with him.
A quick look at the Beyers from yesterday (via DRF.com)
Donn: Giant Oak - 105
Strub: Twirling Candy - 101
Thunder Road: Fluke (BRZ) - 100
GP Turf Handicap: Teaks North - 96
Suwannee River: Cherokee Queen - 94
Las Virgenes: Zazu - 88
Whirlaway: Toby's Corner - 88
Below is a look at some of the other items making news around the world or horse racing:
Zazu sensational in breakthrough Las Virgenes win - Thoroughbred Times
Jerry and Ann Moss’ Zazu joined 2-to-5 favorite Turbulent Descent for a testing stretch duel with a furlong remaining in Saturday’s $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, and their three-year-old Tapit filly responded with a breakthrough performance.
Best horse in America - Brad Free - Daily Racing Form
The dominating victory by Twirling Candy was not the only thing that happened Saturday at Santa Anita.
Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Digging In
Jessica Chapel takes a more in-depth look at the continuing NEHBPA/Suffolk Downs dispute. As usual, horseplayers end up on the losing end.
J P's Gusto confirmed for Oaklawn prep series - Handicappers' Edge
The lucrative and prolific series for three-year-olds at Oaklawn Park has lured the connections of Grade 1 winner J P'S GUSTO (Successful Appeal) to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where the ridgling will make his 2011 debut in the $250,000 Southwest S. (G3) at one mile on February 21.
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So I happened to take a look
At Turfway’s results for Saturday and Sunday and I’ll be damned if the Maker/Santana connection didn’t win 5 out of 6 races in those 2 days. Some where faves and some were prices. Figures, my angle has a great weekend and I don’t set foot in Turfway the whole weekend! lol.
In other Turfway news
The horse I keep waiting to see again, 2 months after it’s first start, Kitten’s Dancer had another great workout. It’s best time was last week at 1:03 for 5F. Yesterday, it put up a 1:02.40. It may not be blazing times but each workout the horse gets stronger. I wish they’d enter this in a race!!!!!
That happens so often...
You see a jock/trainer combo that’s working and you miss the opportunity to hit it when it passes. What are they hitting at now? Last time I looked at a Turfway form about a week ago they were at 29%; got to be in the 30s now, I would think.
Is Kitten’s Dancer a Ken & Sarah Ramsey horse? Just wondering since they seem to own about 99% of all the Kitten’s Joy’s running out there (or at least it seems like it). I was checking out the pedigree of Kitten’s Dancer; pretty nice.
"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."
Yes it is a
Ramsey Horse. Seems like virtually all of the entries Maker has at Turfway are Ramsey horses. They have one going this Friday I’m interested in too. Its name is Sarah’s Kitten. It ran 3rd in its only race. I was extremely impressed with the race that Kitten’s Dancer won. Had a bad start, was way back and then came on with a fury. Could’ve just been that there wasn’t a lot of great horses in the race, but looked and some in the race have had success since. It’s Turfway so it certainly wasn’t a really tough field, but something about that horse has me excited. I just wish it would run again, but maybe they will jump it up in class and I’ll get some odds. The problem is, since I’ve latched on, the horse is destined for bad luck lol.
Just read a disappointing piece of news
Jozbin Santana is not going to be racing at Turfway anymore. Apparently, he is going to Hawthorne for their meet. I was wondering why I didn’t see him on Maker’s horses next Friday. That is too bad!
Really?
Interesting move. Are the purses that much higher at Hawthorne? (I wouldn’t think so but haven’t ever checked) Or did he hook up with a new agent?
"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."
I'm not sure, my assumption was
An agent deal, but I’m working and my work computer has DRF flagged as gambling and blocks it. The first sentence said something about him going home to Chicago so perhaps that’s why. Now I’m really ticked that I didn’t got to the track last weekend lol. I’ve never really heard of the new Jockey taking Maker’s mounts next weekend, but I never really knew of Santana before December.
I read one more interesting
Piece today. Saturday night they had a small 50,000 stakes at Turfway called the WEBN stakes, after a local radio station. Anyway, the winner of the race Twinspired’s connections have Derby aspirations? I was surprised to see this but they said when they bought him last year the goal was the Derby and they are working backward from there. The horse looked good in the race, but only won 1 at Keenland, then failed to hit the board in 3 in a row and just won.
I doubt he’ll be a Derby Horse, but seems to like the Synthetic. He may be a pretty decent odds horse in upcoming races like the Spiral Stakes or Battaglia Memorial. Maybe even the Blugrass if he keeps form on Synthetic.
I was just reading that DRF piece on Twinspired.
Looks like the Spiral next for him and, like you, I would think if he runs well he’ll go to the Blue Grass. Should be plenty of opportunities to pick up some graded money.
"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."
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