One to watch... Mach Glory
 

Winner of the G1 Gran Premio Carrera de las Estrellas Juvenile and runner up in the G1 Gran Criterium... he's pointed to the UAE Derby.


Gulfstream Park - January 10th, 2008 - Race 5
Estimated Local Post Time: 3:06 PM
Race Type: Allowance
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward
Purse: $43,000
Distance: Seven And One Half Furlongs
Surface: Dirt
Post Horse Name Age Sex Weight Jockey Name
1 Cherokee Spirit (KY) 4 Colt 120 Elvis Trujillo
2 Arrow's Flight (FL) 4 Gelding 120 John R. Velazquez
3 Not for Money (PA) 4 Colt 120 Eddie Castro
4 Mach Glory (ARG) 4 Colt 120 Edgar S. Prado
5 James Wilfred (FL) 4 Colt 120 Eibar Coa
6 Trying Brian (FL) 4 Gelding 120 Jose Lezcano
7 Gstaad (KY) 4 Colt 120 Kent J. Desormeaux
8 Gold Trippi (FL) 4 Gelding 120 Javier Castellano
9 Tsali (KY) 4 Colt 120 Joe Bravo
10 Merchant Marine (KY) 4 Gelding 120 Cornelio H. Velasquez

He looks to me like he is bred to run on turf. He is out of a Cozzene mare that has already produced a stakes winner on turf, and Honour and Glory (his sire) is by Relaunch and out of an Al Nasr mare.
A 7.5f, $43,000 allowance at Gulfstream seems to me like a rather odd prep for the UAE Derby.

Seems like as good a spot as any. He's a 4yo here but get to run as a 3yo in Dubai.

Did Invasor come to the US before he went to the UAE Derby? I know he didn't run here then, but was he here training before his first trip to Dubai?

I believe he did train in Fla for a little while.

I guess maybe they need to find out if he can run on dirt (?).

They have 4 nominated including Morador Llers (who won the Gran Criterium).

Word from the ERA is they'll send two.....

You might want to see how Quip ( another Shadwell private purchase ) does in today's 8th at Gulfstream as Mach Glory beat him by five lengths last March.

Thanks. That one I've never heard of.

PPs for anyone interested.....

http://www.brisnet.com/bris_link/pdf...nach_98941.pdf

Didn't see the race... how did Quip look?

PPs for the race on Thursday...

http://www.brisnet.com/bris_link/pdf...hlin_99100.pdf

It depends how you look at it. He finished second in what was a horrendous race. The winner is laughably bad and the third horse is a $50K claimer at best.

Mach Glory may be a good horse, I have no idea whatsoever, but he wasn't truly flattered by Quip's second today.

Yeah I saw that he was 2nd but didn't watch a replay or anything.....

You don't sound too impressed. THAT's what i wondered about.

Mach Glory also drowned Quip when they met in South America.

I noticed that.

I keep hearing 2 of the 4 will go (to the UAE Derby), but have no idea who the other two are. Do you?

I don't know anything about these horses and nothing about Kiaran McKlaughlin's barn.

That was his only victory in 4 attempts on the main track. His two impressive performances came on the turf which - as I said earlier - seems to be the surface he is bred to run on.
Gold Trippi and Merchant Marine aren't bad at all for this level, and I think they will handle Mach Glory here.

This might be a situation where logic is dangerous.....though on paper I agree with you.

Maybe this one will be a bit more impressive.....

Gulfstream Park - January 27th, 2008 - Race 3
Estimated Local Post Time: 2:13 PM
Race Type: Allowance
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward
Purse: $43,000
Distance: One And One Eighth Miles
Surface: Dirt
Post Horse Name Age Sex Weight Jockey Name
1 Divine Master (FL) 4 Colt 118 Elvis Trujillo
2 Morador Llers (ARG) 4 Colt 118 Eibar Coa
3 Sale Pending (KY) 4 Colt 118 Kent J. Desormeaux
4 Deputy Indy (KY) 6 Gelding 118 Javier Castellano
5 Gregory (FL) 4 Gelding 118 Manuel Aguilar
6 Merchant Marine (KY) 4 Gelding 118 Cornelio H. Velasquez

Just a thought.....after Shadwell's incredible success with Invasor it feels like they are buying everything they can down there and hoping they get lucky. I'm not criticizing them, it may well prove money well spent, and they are obviously way ahead of the game, but it also should dampen your enthusiasm for every one of these horses that show up.

Good point.

As an aside, the Godolphin purchase, My Indy, is the one I think will be very very good.....

Looked good yesterday at NAS.

Form...

http://www.godolphin.com/HorseDetail...d=1_2_1&id=410

edit - Will pay tribute somewhere else.....

Almost as good as their purchase of Diabolical.

They're suckers as far as I'm concerned.

And don't forget they went to $15.9MM on The Green Monkey.