Forty Niner Days, Burnt Hills and the great Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon, Pleasant Tap and Tight Spot.

While a maiden, Thirty Six Red lost to some good ones.

Not all in the same race, but still...

Senor Pete
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Judge Smells romped (as he did in all three starts) in a race that had Ferdinand.

I was wrong then.....I must have picked him when he finished second in his prior start, as that was the day Affirmed won the Belmont. No way I was also there a week later.

And you would not be giving out the chalk either....

Exactly. He was like 9:2 when I liked him.

34 years ago to find a competitive maiden race.


But racing is doing just fine! Listen to the smart people!

He was 9/2. Was coming off of a Dec layoff when he ran 4th to Bold Voyager.

The money sure was wrong in this maiden race....



Assago not only faced Affirmed and Alydar in age restricted MSW races - but he also was entered in John Henry's debut on turf in an age restricted claiming race. He didn't get in on the AE .... or he surely would have been single digit odds in 3 seperate races against Affirmed, Alydar, and John Henry .. all of those horses foaled in 1975.

Assago ended up not being much. I had to install that software on my work computer. It's a good thing I keep an image of the software handy!!

1975 Assago, B, c, Assagai

In North America 7 89 3 9 10 47,134 0.92

North America 2 YO Record 10 1 1 2 11,140

DP = 13-7-2-0-0 DI = 21.00 CD = 1.50

Sold at Hip # Sales Price Sire Avg Rank Stud Fee

KEESEP 1976 1341 $10,500 $9,200 ylg (3/10)

3-for-89? Wow - he must have fell off a canyon after his post John Henry claiming race on turf form.

Historically was entered with stablemate Affirmed in that debut race for both - and was outworking him on the same dates. The 'clocker selections' for that race didn't have Affirmed picked 1-2-3.

I was wondering why he went off at 14-1. It's not like Laz held anything back in the morning!

Alydar, in his debut, was favored over Affirmed in the Youthful in his following start.