8/18 (AP): Million, Bev D., Secretariat (G1's), St. Leger, Hatoof (2)
5th (2:15) Hatoof S.
About 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $65,000 1 Direct Breeze Contreras A L 116 L 2 Ann of the Dance Sanchez D 116 L 3 Zapper Belle Hill C 116 L 4 Soft Whisper Albarado R J 118 L 5 La Tia Roman C 121 L 6 Awesome Gisel Martinez S B 116 L 7 Julia's Star Leparoux J R 116 L 8 Clear Danger Court J K 116 L 9 Nayarra (IRE) Dominguez R A 116 FTL 10 Banded Thornton T 116 L 7th (3:14) American St. Leger S. 1 11/16 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $400,000 1 Vertiformer Leparoux J R 119 L 2 Helicopter Meier B 119 L 3 Lemonade Kid Torres F C 119 L 4 Lumberyard Jack Gutierrez Mario 121 L 5 Lake Drop Dominguez R A 121 6 Suntracer Perez E E 121 L 7 Game Ball Espinoza J L 119 L 8 Jakkalberry (IRE) O'Donoghue C 119 9 Lethal Felix J E 119 L 10 Zuider Zee (GER) Buick W 119 FTL 11 Ioya Bigtime Sanchez J 123 L 12 Bridge of Gold Fallon K 119 FTL 8th (3:48) Secretariat S. (G1) 1 1/4 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $500,000 1 Handsome Mike Gutierrez Mario 119 L 2 Summer Front Dominguez R A 123 L 3 Cozzetti Bridgmohan S X 123 L 4 Finnegans Wake Lezcano J 119 L 5 All Stormy Homeister R B Jr 119 L 6 Daddy Long Legs O'Donoghue C 123 L 7 Bayrir (FR) Lemaire C P 121 8 Silver Max Albarado R J 126 L 9th (4:23) Hatoof S. About 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $65,000 1 Imposing Grace Geroux F 116 L 2 Leading Astray Perez E E 118 L 3 Lady Candidate Mena M 118 L 4 Toxis Bridgmohan S X 118 L 5 Starship Duchess Thornton T 116 L 6 Lady Micaela Martinez S B 116 L 7 Silver Hustler Leparoux J R 116 L 8 Freedom Reigns (IRE) Graham J 116 L 9 Drama Drama Court J K 116 L 10 Soonerette Dominguez R A 118 L 10th (5:02) Beverly D. S. (G1) 1 3/16 Miles (Turf) | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $750,000 1 Kapitale (GER) Demuro M 123 FTL 2 I'm A Dreamer (IRE) Turner H 123 L 3 Romacaca Torres F C 123 L 4 Upperline Graham J 123 L 5 Mystical Star Lezcano J 123 L 6 Up (IRE) O'Donoghue C 117 L 7 Aruna Dominguez R A 123 L 8 Marketing Mix Leparoux J R 123 L 9 Stars to Shine Solis A 123 L 10 Joviality (GB) Buick W 123 FTL 11th (5:44) Arlington Million S. (G1) 1 1/4 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000 1 Rahystrada Leparoux J R 126 L 2 Boisterous Lezcano J 126 L 3 Afsare (GB) Fallon K 126 FTL 4 Little Mike Dominguez R A 126 L 5 Colombian (IRE) Buick W 126 FTL 6 Treasure Beach (GB) Spencer J P 126 L 7 Willcox Inn Graham J 126 L 8 Wigmore Hall (IRE) Turner H 126 L 9 Crackerjack King (IRE) O'Donoghue C 126 FTL 10 Cherokee Lord Torres F C 126 L 11 Vertiformer Sanchez J 126 L |
A thread not about politics!! :tro:
What an excellent day of racing. |
...and, for those of us lost souls who live in dark states, WGN is going to carry some of it.
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Where did this "American St Leger" Stakes come from at 2 miles for 400k?
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My username in all her glory finishing 2nd in the 1st division of the Hatoof Stakes in 2009 at 12/1 :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BegCFMYldk0 no audio :( |
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For the Bev D - I'm a Dreamer seems best of the Euros (her third in the Brigadier Gerard the best overall Euro race in the field, and she defeated Up), and Kapitale has to be used, especially with Demuro coming in for the ride, and Joviality won't get soft ground. Marketing Mix just isn't top-top-shelf it would seem, so the rest of the Americans seem relatively balanced. Has the look of a spread race.
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Obviously Mystical Star, Marketing Mix and the Euros will take a lot of money, but I don't see them as being a lot more likely to win. But then again it seems like every year I convince myself that some particular horse who ran well on Preview Day is going to win on Million Day....and it never works out. |
Isn't there some crazy stat about the winners of the Modesty not winning the Beverly D. the same year?
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I just looked it up. No Modesty winner has ever won the Beverly D. in the same year, but only 11 have tried. Of the 21 years when both races were run, only 4 Beverly D. winners ran in the Modesty.
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Tentatively...
Jakkalberry w Bayrir/SilverMax w ALL w ALL w Crackerjack King Then backup plays focusing on Kapitale/Joviality/I'mADreamer in the 4th leg |
While I'm at it, Arlington Handicap winners are 0 for 16 in the Arlington Million of the same year. Of the 29 years when both races were run, 0 Million winners ran in the Arlington Handicap. But 10 were Europeans and didn't prep in the US.
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Am I crazy for thinking Upperline is going to run huge and have a shot in the Beverly D? I know stidham said before the modesty was a prep going in, or is she just a cut below these?
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I probably complain about this too much, but how idiotic is the positioning of these races? Rather than put the Secretariat in the pk4, we get a $7500 claimer to close out the sequence. Nothing like going from a $1 million race to a $12,000 race.
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Rahystrada is my favorite horse here, of course, and I will do a win bet on him just because I'm a sentimental moron but basically those two on top with Wilcox Inn and Boisterous underneath and i guess the old man can be at the bottom of my tri and super. I am not seeing any monsters here and the Euros look pretty weak to me anyway. |
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