
Del Mar for Saturday 20 August 2011
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Just a reminder we will be covering 2 or 3 days of the short Fpx meeting. I will let you know those days next week. I love thoroughbred racing and you know I like to handicap but I also like down time where I hike, bike, inline skate and bang the tennis ball around and give my mind a rest. Any tennis (A/B level or better) or avid inline skaters out there? We do have 2 tennis pro's and 1 golf pro as customers that I know of. Both professions are notorious for having horse players.
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5 Include Me Out  horrid trip in lone career race which was run last year....excellent works and Ellis is hot...good return spot in that the field seems soft
2 Honey's Prize  finally this filly is seemingly back where she belongs......sprinting on the AW
1 Righteous Renee  decent forward move last year in 2nd lifetime start.....2nd out after the layoff today
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7 Respuesta Solida  been away 3 months but there really aren't many spots to run for a mc winner who breaks her 2 year old maiden in May....both lifetime races fit well here...nice and fresh and lets hope ready
3 Hot Ride  good 1st ever on the AW in last....same effort fits fine and more and she will be ultra tough
1 Stoney Fleece  broke 4 slow and the ran very wide in her maiden debut and still won....claimed by Sadler....same effort with a smooth journey and shes as probable as anyone in here
2 Inquisitive Son  race 2 back is solid...last is a weaker fig mainly because the jock sat too far off a slow pace up front
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2 Miss Mittagong   vast improvement in her last her 1st run on the Dmr turf course......and her best drill to date since then.....felling gooooood
4 Talktoomuch  sprint tune-up in latest to tighten up and be full throttle back on her prefferred surface the turf
1 Berg Bahn  in good form and may have the best early speed in this affair
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4 Regroup  lone victory came the only time this colt went a route on the AW......positive rider switch.....and he might sit awfully close up in a race void of speed
3 Bell Blitz  dangerous speed in a race that is void of it....just what Pedroza loves
1 Ezuma  good time for blinkers on in this affair seemingly set for those close to the pace
6 Brass Plate   some shot if this recently claimed gelding needed his last after a short break
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6 Sentimental Ballard  solid forward move in last and 3 reassuring works since suggest she has held her form so I expect the same or better today
4 Santabarbrabendita   broke a little tardy and ran wide hides a 2nd consecutive improvement....7F looks like a good fit
1 Town Belle  good history with blinkers/synthetic......also the cut back route to 7F has been a ticket to success at this Del Mar meetÂ
7 Miss Resplendere  done little wrong in three lifetime races on synthetic surfaces....jock has the advantage of knowing this horse well
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2 Sweet Swap  Rosario / Sadler teamed up with a win yesterday in the 1st race with a 1ster and look as if this baby is all set to roll as well.....owners love to win at the Dmr meet so I doubt this is a tune-up
7 Castaway  not too many August 2 year olds can handle 3 straight 6 furlong gate drills in a row....once again a Baffert charge is ready for his debut......should have plenty of run late off of those long drills
4 Sky Kingdom  Baffert/Bejarano are getting it done of late at a very high rate of return.....hoo hum another Baffert 1ster all set to go
1 Blacky The Bull  good work regiment for this Bonde 1st timer and trains as if he might have some early speed
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4 Via Verde  might be a very good claim by Pender.....crushed foes in last despite a bad trip.......gelding has gotten better since he learned to rate....likes Dmr....likes the distance
5 Dubber  1 for 1 on the synthetic (wire to wire) and owns what appears to be the best early speed in this spot
10 Loro  on the right end of the learning curve and is the kind of horse Shirreffs better have ready off of the 2 month layoff because history suggests it will be a few months before he gets his next shot with this horse
3 Valkyrie Missile  very consistent competitive runner but she will need her "A" game to win this......she does get Gomez to accomplish the task
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2 Star Billing  lousy trip in last and still just missed.....see ya Rosario.....ultra consistent at any distance on the sod and at great conditioner of top flight horses....1 for 1 with today's jock
3 Summer Soiree  hello new career....big fast time 8 1/2 length win 1st ever on the grass at Mth......working great at Fai a wonderful place to train your horse ....top notch connections know how to ship and win
4 Bizzy Caroline  Manny Cruz comes in to ride this time and he did not last time suggesting this filly is feeling better than she did before her last and her last wasn't bad....filly crushed foes 2 straight races at CD with Cruz in the irons
7 Cambina  very consistent closer gets the services of Mr Gomez who just happens to be 3 for 3 on this filly...nobody is better on a turf late runner then Gomez
Longshot possibilities: 8 Singapore Lady  needs a great ride from Smith and he sure seems like a better rider when he competes for the big money......toss out last....caught wide with no pace to close into......ran some stellar races last Fall in Europe
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2 Rummysecret War  claimed....rested......working great........drops........Mitchell......easily makes it easy for me to put up as top choice
10  Ribald   exits a fast heat at a notch higher....really seems to be best at the abbreviated sprint distance of 5 1/2 F
9 Exclamation  another dropping off of a couple a month layoff.......closer profile and that looks good here
5 Cafe Con Leche  not sure if this gelding is ready off of a 2/3rds of a year break in the action but he fits fine if he is...mid pack style fits in this speed loaded spot
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12 Jade's Song   earned a good adjusted for trouble fig in last.....laid up 3 months but training as if that won't be a problem.....good rider/trainer team
10 Warren's Lady  good speed in this spot and Gutierrez is waking up (won for us yesterday as our top pick at 12 to 1) ....fired big in 2nd lifetime start so 2nd out after the layoff seems like a good thing
1 Miss Mystic  decent mc debut last and fits as well as anyone in here if he moves forward a couple of lengths in his 2nd lifetime start
2 Junes Blue Moon  positive trainer switch albeit at the low end of the trainer rankings......2 of the last 4 races for this filly fit but with no margin of error....decent longshot rider might give us a good trip
9 Aurelia   1st timer......good last drill albeit at LA
4 Pride Hunter  another 1st timer who is not impossible to upset
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