09.24.2016 Points Results

[Plenilune]

Parx Racing R8 Pa Derby Champion S. (Actually, in the program it was named PA Derby FROSTED Champion, and Keith Jones also called it the FROSTED Champion Stakes)


1 Cyrus Alexander
6 War Story
5 Mr. Jordan

8 Real Quiet AXB 12 73
8 cruzan200246 XXC 1 57
8 Plenilune CXB 5 55
8 CRIMINAL TYPE XXA 1 53
8 JolyB XXA 1 53
8 RUFFIAN-333 XXB 1 38
8 ryonker1 XXA 1 35
8 Digger - DC BXC 5 23
8 DonGuido XXA 1 20

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Parx Racing R9 Gallant Bob S. G3

5 Noholdingback Bear
2 Mind Your Biscuits
3 Threefiveindia

Scratched:

8 Cocked and Loaded

9 Real Quiet ACX 15 88
9 Plenilune CBA 20 75
9 cruzan200246 AXB 12 69
9 CRIMINAL TYPE AXB 12 65
9 JolyB AXB 12 65
9 RUFFIAN-333 CXA 5 43
9 Digger - DC BAX 17 40
9 ryonker1 BXA 5 40
9 DonGuido AXB 12 32

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Parx Racing R10 Cotillion S. G1

5 Songbird
1 Carina Mia
2 Cathryn Sophia

10 Real Quiet ABC 35 123
10 CRIMINAL TYPE ABC 35 100
10 cruzan200246 ACB 30 99
10 JolyB ACB 30 95
10 Plenilune BCA 20 95
10 RUFFIAN-333 ACB 30 73
10 ryonker1 ACB 30 70
10 DonGuido ACB 30 62
10 Digger - DC ACX 15 55

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Parx Racing R11 Pennsylvania Derby G2 (when is this going to be a G1?)


4 Connect
7 Gun Runner
6 Wild About Deb

11 Real Quiet XBX 2 125
11 CRIMINAL TYPE XAX 2 102
11 cruzan200246 XXX 0 99
11 Plenilune XBX 2 97
11 JolyB XXX 0 95
11 RUFFIAN-333 XXX 0 73
11 ryonker1 XXX 0 70
11 DonGuido XXX 0 62
11 Digger - DC XAX 2 57

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Parx Racing R12

1 Sir Sidney
6 Star of Sarava
4 Turn to Travis

Scratched:

3 Tweet Me

It's (not so quiet) Real Quiet running away from the field to take it this week! CRIMINAL TYPE scores second. cruzan200246 lands third. JolyB nicely rounds out the super.

1 Real Quiet ACX 15 140
2 CRIMINAL TYPE AXX 10 112
3 cruzan200246 AXX 10 109
4 JolyB AXX 10 105

12 Plenilune CXX 3 100
12 RUFFIAN-333 AXX 10 83
12 ryonker1 AXX 10 80
12 DonGuido AXX 10 72
12 Digger - DC BCX 7 64

[Plenilune]

When I stepped outside to make the drive to Parx it was cloudy and lightly raining. My first thought was “What is this, the forecast was for sunny and upper 70’s!” Then I thought “Oh…Desormeaux must be doing a rain dance!” But the weather quickly cleared up and I thought, “Well, it’s not going to be Exaggerator today.”

It was an exciting day with a few very close races and some nice long shots coming in. The crowd was very enthusiastic and that’s a lot of fun. The excitement of the crowd, listening to people around me talking about who they bet and why and them cheering on the horses they bet on. I made four win bets. Three came in second, one came in third. R3 #1, R4 #5, R9 #2 and R10 #2. So much for that!

While I was rooting for Cathryn Sophia it was awesome to watch Songbird race in person. She really is phenomenal. Mike Smith brought her back and paraded her in front of the crowd. Everyone on the apron was clapping and cheering her. Inside the glassed-in grandstand there was also much cheering, clapping, and whistling with huge enthusiasm.

Then came the Pennsylvania Derby. I heard a lot of people talking up various horses but never heard anyone mention Connect. What a surprise! All I could think of was wow, Chad Brown strikes again! It was a fun day of good racing. Best of all, everyone came home safe and sound.

Well, I did take a lot of pictures but the USB ports in my computer have been out of whack for a week and while I have tried every suggestion on Google to fix the issue I cannot get the connection for my camera to work. Oh well. I'm going to take my computer into Best Buy and hope they can fix it. Then I'll post some pics of the Cotillion and Penn Derby winners.

[DonGuido]

Plenilune: that's very cool that you were there and enjoyed the day so much. Hopefully we can get a chance to see your photos and be able to imagine it from afar. Songbird in the flesh , , , WOW!!! More than anything thanks for sharing your on track experience.

Appreciated very much,
Don