7/26-27 (DMR): Clemente (Gr. II)/Crosby (Gr. I)
 

SAT. 9th (6:00) San Clemente H. (G2)

1 Mile (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Missit (IRE) Espinoza V 117 L
2 Storm Mesa Martin E M Jr 116 L
3 Sensational Love Flores D R 113 L
4 Bel Air Sizzle Solis A 119 L
5 Tasha's Miracle Smith M E 118 L
6 Seattle Smooth Baze M C 116 L
7 Mini Do Baze T C 113 L
8 Grace Anatomy Garcia M 115 L
9 Hopehopehope Talamo J 112 L
10 Misty Ocean Rosario J 119 L
AE Comeback Queen (GB) Blanc B 110



SUN. 8th (5:30) Bing Crosby H. (G1)

6 Furlongs (All Weather Track) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Street Boss Flores D R 121 L
2 Barbecue Eddie Gryder A T 116 L
3 Jungle Prince Rosario J 115
4 In Summation Nakatani C S 121 L
5 Silver Stetson Man Espinoza V 113 L
6 Winsome Charm Baze T C 108 L
7 Sailors Sunset Bejarano R 114 L
8 Spot the Diplomat Baze M C 110 L
9 Johnny Eves Gomez G K 116 L

I love Grace Anatomy at 20/1 or so in the San Clemente, watch her last replay.

From your mouth to God's ears..

So one of those horses in the Bing Crosby will be a "Grade 1 Winner" :eek:

In summation is already a Grade One winner as he won this race last year. He'll be a big favorite in here. Looks like a lot of speed and he has a very versatile running style.

Barbecue Eddie ran great last time off the layoff and so too did Jungle Prince.

Should be a good one.

Not to mention Johnny Eves won the Grade 1 Malibu, Sailor's Sunset has given horses like Smokey Stover fits at times, and Street Boss (wasnt the Triple Bend Grade 1 again this year?) is on an absolute tear since the Santa Anita meet. In fact, I don't think In Summation will be a strong favorite if at all because of the Headley horse.

I believe all California races should have to earn their grades again, they make any allowance horse over there a grade 1 winner. Its a joke.

Did you watch the Suburban?

Thats once in the blue moon, this happens in Cali on a regular basis.

Once in a blue moon? Grade 1's everywhere have gone down in quality. Its not just California. Aside from Saratoga and Belmont fall's meet, you are really hard pressed to find Grade 1's as good as they were in past decades. The Triple Crown this year was hopeless. Pimlico Special. Wood memorial. Jokes. Granted, the polytrack has pretty much ruined California racing, the quality of top level races is down everywhere. Lets be real.

This Bing Crosby looks as good as any of the races at Saratoga on Saturday with the exception of the Diana. The Go for Wand is a walkover with Ginger Punch. The Whitney is the same old cast of characters we saw in the Suburban with the exception of Commentator who crushes bad fields and looks like a completely different animal against good horses. The Vanderbilt will be a good betting race but as far as star quality, is there really any?

At least we can recongize more than one horse in each race. The horses in cali are unheard of

True Dat. I cant even watch Cali racing anymore. They ruined a great thing.
I'll enjoy the Whitney even though there are no stars. It will be a great betting race if you dont like Commentator.

So you say. Then again, some of us may know as much about Maiden turf runners at Golden Gate as others know about Grade 1 NY runners.

A.P. Arrow at 3-1 in the Whitney..... that's quality.

The sad thing is AP Arrow will be more like 8/5. If hes 3/1 hes getting my money.

He'll be at least 3-1 if Zito's horse runs. And he's a rat. I know he hopped at Belmont but he's just not very good. He got a great trip in Miami and scratched out the Preakness week race when the weather was off.

He's also going to get a lousy trip most likely.

Good luck, though.

LOL, I have never been a fan of this allowance horse Stud. Its a really weak field beyond Commentator and that horse is hard to like at a short price in a big field with other speed. He only seems to excel when he cruises out to the lead and bottoms out cheap fields.

I wont be waiting all day to play AP Arrow, hes just sort of a default selection if the field stays in tact. I dont think I have ever bet this horse in any way.

Street Boss will be a star

BLA BLA BLA, BLA BLA BLA, BLA

Cheaters make allowance horses into G1 winners. Whether it be in SOCAL (Mitchell, Sadler, etc.,) or in the East(Dutrow, Assmissin' etc.) I think the quick progression from one class to the other is what makes people think there aren't good horses at the top levels.

Tim...we should get a halfway decent price on Jungle Prince. Making his 3rd start off the layoff....should be fit.