should sit the trip... tons of speed with contessa, and mint lane and the favorite.

It looks like a good overnight stakes race and I agree that he's far from a lock but I would not be surprised to see him put away Mint Lane and cruise. On the flip side I would not be surprised to see crack under pressure. Hence my reason for taking a small shot against him.

Gimmie Unbridled's Heart over the longest shot on the board (Hough's gelding)

i guess i dont even know why i asked, im taking a 1 day break. will return saturday for the amazing churchill card

ok bet you for fun, Admirality vs. Trust N Dustan?

Here's the lunacy of the CD situation:
I can't watch the CD races on TV. We're locked in with Directv for another year and I don't have Dish. I can watch the races on twinspires.com but I can't wager on the races through this outfit. However I can wager on CD races with my NYRA Rewards account. But NYRA Rewards does not provide video at their site.

You oversimplify to the point of marginalizing everything that is important.

Fair enough. I have that problem sometimes.

Hopefully Unbridled's Heart runs a big race and adds some spice to the 3yo.

are you kidding....

I :{>: a horse named after the great Steve Spurrier. :tro:

Too bad the Gators suck! :D

Gators = :tro:

Just kidding. The Fun N Gun was one of the most entertaining offenses of all time to watch. Anybody that can make Danny Wuerfel into a great player is a GOD in my opinion!

But hasn't it been fun re-living the ride, the quarter crack and the heat of last Saturday?

Hoping for something new to talk about...go Unbridled's Heart! :D

Track seems to be playing slowly thus far, will be interesting to see what kind of time UH runs (assuming he wins).

The track has been very slow all week.

I thought so, but I hadn't seen enough dirt races to make that call. Even the early fractions are molasses.

Yeah.. he looked great...

Looks like Mint Lane might be a nice three-year-old after all.

Results anyone?

Mint Lane dusted Admirality by about 5 lengths after setting a respectable pace. Unbridled's Heart third, less than a length (I think) behind Admirality.

Mint Lane
Admirality
Unbridleds Heart

Thanks :)

Unbridled's Heart = Harlem Rocker

:D

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What? That was a very good performance on a glib track.

Certainly getting left didn't help, and the way Castellano put him in behind horses, instead of staying in the clear, must have been by instructions, but Unbridled's Heart sure had nothing.

The final time was so fast that I find it hard to believe that the track hasn't changed. Either that or Mint Lane just emerged as the best 3YO in the country. It will be interesting to see the other dirt race times.....oh yeah there's only one....a very weak field of maiden claimers going 6F. Tough race to make a figure for.

I was thinking before the race that any time under 1:44 would be pretty remarkable.

Officially - Mint Lane by 5 3/4. Unbridled's Heart beaten 6 1/2 on the wire.

There's only one more dirt race and that is a crappy NYB maiden claimer. I missed the first quarter of the race and was wondering why Castellano had Unbridled's Heart on the inside on Admirality and behind Mint Lane.

Certainly looked as though the horse didn't enjoy the dirt in his face..

When he stayed inside, it looked like they were in trouble. If he had horse, he probably takes the outside route.

You have to wonder if it was by design as it was a curious move. Maybe they wanted to see how he would react to rating and getting dirt in his face.

He didn't like it.

How long until someone tells us the rail is dead? Of course, maybe it is. Hard to tell with only four dirt races. I'll have to look at the first two again. The first sure played outside.

I'm not a horse but I know I hate it when I get dirt kicked in my face. It was a learning experience. This horse should be better next time out. Plus Mint Lane is a good horse and there is no shame finishing 2nd to him at this point in UH's career.

He was also third. On the face of it this was a very disappointing effort. Yes, he was spotting a lot of experience, but he was supposed to be the real deal. Judging from today that doesn't appear to be the case.

hes not.. though the zito looked good:D

If you think Admirality looked good then Unbridled's Heart looked good as well. As of now I wasn't thrilled with either effort. However, maybe Mint Lane suddenly became Big Brown II. If you don't think the track changed then his raw number is probably the highest any 3YO has run this year.

I don't think that is fair to Harlem Rocker. HR might just not be a polytrack horse. Unbrideled's Heart was very green but no real excuses.

The winner might be a really nice horse, which makes me think Casino Drive might be a freaky horse. The sad thing is he might not race on dirt again this year, so we will have no idea how good he is.

I agree good run Mint Lane- it makes you type a few letters when you quote someone.

In hindsight i should have typed "I agree"

Gotcha.