I should have saved the $8.50 for the movie last night to stay home and follow this thread. I think the thread was more entertaining (although Public Enemies is pretty good).

you do realize i'm on the payroll here:D :D

Is Wes Ward coming to the Spa with 2 year olds?

The reason that out of town trainers dont make as many starts as the NY based stables is the fact that they rarely have NYbreds that make up at least 1/3 of the cards.

Looks like he has one in an early 2yr old Allowance tomorrow at AP:

ALLOWANCE

Purse $41,480. (Includes $10,980 – IOA - Illinois Registered Owner Award). For Fillies Two Years Old Which Have Never Won A Race Other Than Maiden, Claiming, Or Starter Or Have Never Won Two Races. Weight, 122 Lbs. Non-winners Of $24,000 Allowed 2 Lbs. $18,000 Allowed 4 Lbs. $16,800 Allowed 6 Lbs. (Races Where Entered For $25,000 Or Less Not Considered). Six Furlongs. (All Weather Track)
P# PP Horse Virtual
Stable A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1 Mindy Michelle (FL) 2/F L* J Graham 116 E Kenneally 7/2
2 2 Dorothy Y (IL) 2/F T Thornton 118 T R Young 8/1
3 3 Beautiful Lori (FL) 2/F L1* E T Baird 116 D L Miller 2/1
4 4 Maytwooseven (KY) 2/F L E Razo, Jr. 116 F Kaelin 8/1
5 5 Beautiful Bliss (KY) 2/F L D Sanchez 118 M Stidham 5/2
6 6 Solid Lunar (KY) 2/F L Q Hamilton 116 S M Asmussen 4/1

aww... L Miller named a horse after me :)

Mr Frank Calabrese is a coming for ya Lori

worst advice I had ever seen

Gales, keep betting, increase your handle, go for it!

Maybe that's my point here. Why give up good space for non starters. Next year it will Penn national. Money flow

The quality of the fields at Saratoga is improved as compared to the regular NYRA circuit because of the outside outfits. NY breds may fill out the cards and are great for owners but a negative at a meet like Saratoga. Without the outside outfits, Saratoga would just be Belmont North. Not to mention that shipping up and down the highway doesnt seem to bother the NY trainers that stable most of their better horses in Saratoga the rest of the Spring, summer and fall and ship to run at the downstate meets.

My friend has a really really nice 2yo that is with Kenneally. I can't remember the horses name but the sire is War Chant....the horse should be a freak. Kenneally has some really nice horses in his barn and I would not be surprised if he has a really nice spa meet with 2yo or his whole barn in general.

good insight, but the north doesn't need Churchill horses to strive, we need less non starters that they hay down here. Waisted space for non runners/starters= bull crap.

Were you slipped a $20?














kidding.. Hope the guy and all involved have a great Spa meet :)

War Chant isn't exactly the sire you would be thinking of when you are talking two year olds at Saratoga. Of course unless you are strictly pointing to turf spots.

They are all Freaks, Monsters, and Rockstars b4 they run...Then the Disappointment begins.

He will be running on the turf....I will get the name of the horse so people can look out.

I dont think anyone can top KRIM's 'when rail trip runs, all will know his name.'

Didn't Rail Trip just win the Hollywood Gold Cup?

If a baby is well prepared for 2yo grass races at the Spa, they can do well. Alot of the grass horses are being given a race since there is no September grass stake that they are pointing for. Even now with a "BC" turf for juvies, there is still no real program for 2yo grassers. Most of them (in NY) are just well bred horses that didn't go well on dirt.

Gales, nice call on the Kennellys.
I hit the 1-3 pick 3 today w/ him as my main. I liked him a bit on my own and thought the field sucked, but I did remember you touting them. Here they are.... As you will see I singled him on one and backed him up a bit with the KM firster " his firsters are not running a lick"


2009-08-12 12:39:34 PM Saratoga Flats Race 1 $1 P3 on 4,5,7 with 2 with 2,3,5-7 (ticket:5DEF8-BBE55) $15.00 $173.00
2009-08-12 12:39:07 PM Saratoga Flats Race 1 $1 P3 on 5,7 with 2,5 with 2,3,5-7 (ticket:A83CB-021B3) $20.00 $173.00

the other one that ran 2nd at 25-2 completed a nice exacta earlier in the meet , glad you made a score , if you bury yourself in ROI figures you'll end up on drugs

He has one Saturday that looks live, but there is a Baffert in that race.

My friends horse looks like it might be a monster....won yesterday in the 6th at Belmont.....first start was rained off the turf at saratoga but this horse looks for real....Kenneally might not have had the greatest Spa meet but he is a very good trainer.

He ended up having a good meet with his 2yos, as one poster (Gales, I think) had predicted.