11/26 (AQU): Cigar Mile, Gazelle (G1's), Remsen, Demoiselle (G2's)
 

6th (2:22) Demoiselle S. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Fillies | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 Captivating Lass Garcia Alan 115
2 Brown Eyed Nance Velazquez J R 115 L
3 Wildcat's Smile Alvarado J 115 L
4 Bourbonstreetgirl Cohen D 115 L
5 Dreaming of Cara Chavez J F 115 L
6 Awalkinthemoonlite Thornton T 119 L
7 Disposablepleasure Dominguez R A 115 L
8 Wee Party Maragh R 115 L
9 Lady Cohiba Lezcano J 119 L
10 Indyniable Nakatani C S 115 L

A-Coupled: Wee Party and Lady Cohiba



7th (2:51) Remsen S. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 El Padrino Velazquez J R 116 L
2 Souper Speedy Lezcano J 116
3 Done Talking Garcia Alan 116 L
4 Our Entourage Velasquez C 116 L
5 Mucho Mas Macho Silvera R 116 L
6 Stephanoatsee Dominguez R A 116 L
7 Managed Account Maragh R 120 L
8 O'Prado Again Desormeaux K J 116 L
9 Speightscity Nakatani C S 116 L
10 Scatter a Star Thornton T 116 L



8th (3:20) Cigar Mile H. (G1)

1 Mile | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $250,000

1 Pretty Boy Freud Ortiz I Jr 110 L
2 Haynesfield Dominguez R A 117 L
3 Calibrachoa Velasquez C 117 L
4 Hymn Book Garcia Alan 114 L
5 Caixa Eletronica Velazquez J R 117 L
6 To Honor and Serve Lezcano J 116 L
7 Sangaree Maragh R 116 L

A-Coupled: Calibrachoa and Caixa Eletronica



9th (3:49) Gazelle S. (G1)

1 1/8 Miles | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $250,000

1 Miss Valentine Lezcano J 115 L
2 R Gypsy Gold Velazquez J R 115 L
3 Marion Ravenwood Garcia Alan 115 L
4 Bryan's Jewel Pimentel J 115 L
5 Draw It Maragh R 115 L
6 Savvy Supreme Dominguez R A 117 L
7 Awesome Feather Sanchez J 117 L
8 Love and Pride Velasquez C 115 L
9 Purple Cat Decarlo C P 115 L
10 Daring Reality Castillo O O 115 L

Put in some time on these races tonight. Not sure why this is not the late pick 4. Its actually bullshit that its not. Ill just turn it into 2 pick 3's and hope Im right about the middle 2 legs. Here are my picks.

Demoiselle- 1,10 Dont really have much to say about the race. Ill use just those 2 though.

Remsen- 1,2 w/ a little 4. I think the 1,2 both have huge upside. I think they really lay over this field and I dont see anyway they both run bad. The 4 ran OK first out, then it was straight to turf. The horses pedigree is all turf so It makes sense. Ill give him another shot to dirt in here, but he needs to step up to beat the 1,2.

Cigar Mile- Wide wide wide open race. I wont use the 1 or 2 at all and Im not sure the 3 wants this distance vs these. Plus the 3 might be running on Turkey day. That leaves me with 4 out of 7 horses. Ill break them up like this. 6,7 are my a's. The 4 might be an A come Saturday afternoon, right now he is a b though along with the 5. If the 7 is the 4th or 5th choice Ill be betting him to win and keying him in a few other bets.

Gazelle- Even if Im a genius on the 2 previous races the 7 can beat me. She can beat 10/10 times. Every single day of the week. I dont think shes good enough. Plus with her injuries and setbacks who is to say shes going to move forward? She is what she is, and thats not good enough to even win this very weak Grade 1. The 2 will be my A. Her last couple races win this. I will also use the 3,5,8 right now they are all B's but that could change before Saturday.

Night Site, Sightseek's 2nd colt to make it to the races debuts in the 2nd.

Did you notice the father?

Yes, but I was hoping you didn't. :p

The more I look at the Cigar Mile the more I like Hymn Book and Sangaree.

I was expecting something a little more acerbic.

Something like...

"yes, and then I stuck ice picks through my eyes and ear drums"

or

"no, why don't you go ahead and tell me who the sire is. I completely lost my mind when I saw that Sightseek had a runner and didn't notice the sire listed right before the dam"

Mott says on 'Loose on the Lead' that fever overnight forcing SCR of Night Site..

Are you sure it was a fever or did he hear about the secret on who the sire is?

He heard you couldn't be there for the debut..

That should lock-up the 3 year old award.

For whom?

To Honor and Serve shouldn't even be a finalist. He may be the best 3YO in the country however.

That is the definitive summing up of this colt's 2011 campaign.

Next year, I hope he's able to stay the extra furlong he didn't get in the BC Classic, because he might become an awesome 4yo in a Formal Gold-type vein.

Well, maybe not that fast.

So who should be?

Animal Kingdom because he won the Derby?

Uncle Mo because he actually put together two good races?

Shackleford?

I did forget Caleb's Posse