He looked like a million dollar horse in the post parade. I don't bet paddocks or post parades (although i may cancel if a horse looks terrible), but he was so much the best visually it was unbelievable. Aquarian looked very average. I dutched them both and played the race5-race6 double a few times. The Talent that Alaazo showed in his maiden race was in fact real. It was hard to tell from the replay but that is what I said that I thought was evident. The raw times, beyers,bris were a red herring without study of the race replay. The track wasn't as much of a conveyer-belt as it has been recently , and as expected the 8 Atwell set the pace, and not Mambo. Around turn 2 Alaazo got his opportunity and with the 2 shooting a dud , only had to beat the minor contenders. It wasn't a great race and no one here is looking like a star, but at least Alaazo looks like he has some potential to be a 9,10 furlong horse.
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