SAR: Adirondack (Wed)/Special (Thurs)
 

8th (WED/4:47) Adirondack S. (G2)

6 1/2 Furlongs | Fillies | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 1 A to the Croft Desormeaux K J McPeek Kenneth G 118 L 15-1
2 2 Passion Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 118 L 6-1
3 3 I Promise Bravo J Contessa Gary C 118 L 9-2
4 4 Sky Mom Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steven M 120 L 5-1
5 5 Honest to Betsy Velasquez C Romans Dale 118 L 15-1
6 6 More Happy Bejarano R Baffert Bob 118 L 2-1
7 7 Yonagucci Sanchez J Azpurua Manuel J 122 15-1
8 8 Phantom Income Coa E M Violette, Jr. R A 118 L 4-1
9 9 Bsharpsonata Castillo O O Salzman Timothy 118 L 20-1



8th (THURS/4:48) Saratoga Special S. (G2)

6 1/2 Furlongs | Open | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Kodiak Kowboy Bridgmohan S X 122 L
2 Betatron Leparoux J R 118 L
3 Sargent Seattle Castellano J J 118 L
4 Make the Point Dominguez R A 118 L
5 Riley Tucker Prado E S 118 L
6 Little Nick Desormeaux K J 118 L
7 The Roundhouse Gomez G K 118 L

Trying to make a little money on the Adirondack, I'll take a More Happy over A to the Croft, Honest to Betsy, Yonagucci exacta....paid $35 for each $2 wagered.
More Happy looks to me to be the real deal, the others are better than their 15-1 M/L. I'll try to make a case for them....

A to the Croft has to deal with the rail and despite having to pass 8 horses in her maiden breaker, she was never really that far back, Kent should be able to find a spot to get her out and be able to make her run.

Honest to Betsy has the red hot/big price Corny aboard, Romans has been warming up lately and I like the way this one won her last downstate while battling from the inside. Young ones often don't like being inside and this one showed some heart and drew off.

Yonagucci has done nothing wrong. Two races in the slop, two emphatic wins. If the track comes up wet tomorrow (no clue what the forecast is), she obviously moves up and if it is fast, we still may see a move forward. As Steve would say Manny Azpurua doesn't ship on a lark. Sits outside of More Happy so Jeffery Sanchez will be able to keep an eye her and decide whether to gun or try to stay on her hip.

The others I haven't used have major plusses on their side, but the $$ won't be there if More Happy wins as I expect her to.

GL

Violette sounded really positive about Phantom Income.

Had Mike Welsch (DRF) on the Show yesterday... Azpurua expects a big effort from Yonagucci tomorrow. And I think that the fact she HASN'T yet run on a dry, fast track gives pause to the possibility of a big move forward..

Rain late tonight, and some in the AM, then breaks of Sun.

where to look
 

where does this trainer
manual azpurua come from?where is his base track?
thanks

calder

that wont make kimmeaster very happy ) :

Nice call.

Happy was staggering home but she got it done. The fractions were catching up with her but after looking at the times it was a solid race. Looking for word to see how she can stretch out if they can get her to rate, Baffert and Bejorano can get it done

Kodiak Kowboy much the best, replay on Blood-Horse for those who didn't catch it:

http://www.bloodhorse.com/