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11 top races..


Maryfield would be a fantastic start....

Wow, how did you find that???

That track is one of the worst i have ever seen. If the turf isn't soft the drainage must be the best in the world.

Mr Byk...
http://derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17606

What was the finish?

Great pick on that one. I am able to watch the races on the Breeders Cup website. The track looks awful, but Maryfield sure did close on the outside to get up. Nice little $1 super of over $6,700 on that one.

4-2-1

Real pissed at myself from a touting standpoint because I had the 2 on my thing and changed it to that rat Baroness Thatcher

Ouch, just saw that one.

Nice to start out with a $374 Exacta...

If somebody is at the track please find a gun, give it to trevor denman and let him pull the trigger. Maryfield made a gigantic move and didnt get a call until she was under the wire. Something needs to be done about him.

Very good point. You could her moving nicely down the stretch. He is 0-1 this year in BC races.

Your horse finished 6th if you wagered on the 7.

yeah i agree not the greatest call at all...

achill island up next, if he wins,its the start dreams are made of..

All favs out of the money, 40-1 second and the super pays 6800????????????????????? wtf

I like the 6 horse here Gio Ponti if for nothing else but the name.

I know I needn't play the "I wonder if you could do it better" angle -- but are you serious with this?

Missing Street Sense last year is one thing. Wasting time wringing your hands over the fact that he didn't have a super crisp call when nobody could see a GD thing until just outside the final sixteenth seems a bit over the top.

Then again, that is to be expected, I suppose.

Perhaps Maryfield was easy to find if Maryfield was the only horse you were following around the track. Cut the guy a break on trying to announce ten horses in the middle of a Jersey monsoon.

Too rational, I'm certain.

Money coming for Achill Island. Top price 9/2 (on betfair) now.

I do understand the monsoon factor but the move in itself was spectacular! you couldnt miss it and hes calling the horses on the rail. Anything outside the 3 path hes blind to.

Pretty even betting race with the 8 being the fav with 10 MTP at 3-1.

Cherokee Triangle!

The Leopard

I like him too, but with this surface this race has become a complete crapshoot I think.
Figuring out how they will run on a course that is a little wet and/or soft is one thing, but this bog makes it really tough to predict how 2yos will perform.

If I was at the track or had a way to wager I would take a flyer on the 12 Domestic Fund at 9-1

Done on the wire. Ouch.

Damn

Hopefully that tri pays good!

Here was my play in the BC Contest on here:

Juvy Turf
Cherokee Triangle
Achill Island
Nownownow
Strike the Deal

Put some good money on these races today to try to gain more for tomorrow, boxed those 4 for $1 in exacta and tri's. Thought Cherokee Triangle would run much better though.

Thought we were odds on to collect at the furlong pole.

Coming wide around the home bend hasn't seemed like much of a problem. Good news for Excellent Art tomorrow.

Oh my 6 had a bad trip and had no where to go.

Oh that sucks man. You will get them tomorrow. A nice little $8k+ super for the 7-8-2-5

the race calls could not be any worse if you ask me..

I thought Strike The Deal got 3rd for me, fricken Cannon-whatever.

I thought he got third, too. That sucks, sorry.

I hope it wasn't Frankie's fault. Although that wouldn't surprise me if it was.

had to play the cat here, he could make the field (or me!!) look stupid, Ive a saver on park Avenue Ball as my exit strategy

going with Lewis Michael, and playing Discreet Cat underneath him in 2nd and 3rd with almost everyone else in the field.

I have always loved The Cat but I wouldnt take him here at 6/5. Horrible track, inside draw and who knows what to make of his Vosburgh race. I wouldnt be surprised to see him win, but if I had $20 to wager, I would look at Xchanger. We saw that horses can close in race 8 and I think this race sets up nicely for a come from behind horse like Xchanger.

No bet in this for me.

If the cat is anywhere close to his best form there will be only one winner, but that is a big if.

I'm also not sure how he will handle a sloppy track.

I do like Gottcha Gold.

Much also depends on which Corinithian turns up at the gig.

We can get 15/8 here about Discreet Cat.

Still not a bet at that price for me though.

I need to see that Juvy Turf again, it looked for sure that the 5 Strike the Deal held on for 3rd. I didn't even think it was close! I just saw the finish again, how did the 2 on the outside get the 5?

Corinthian

Amen!

Damn, look at those P4 payoffs. Discreet Cat ain't bad, and the rest are over $24,000. Not a bad way to start out the Cup...

Many thanks to the winner of the first leg -- same trainer as Smarty Deb tomorrow in the juvenile fillies. Watch out for her tomorrow. Those horses from Seattle get reaaaaaaaal used to running in this stuff.