5/16 (PIM): Pimlico Special/B-E Susan Day Card

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

we've gotten 2-3" of rain in the last 36hrs and they are calling for t-storms thurs and friday. i'll be shocked if the track is not wet.

D,

Read the other factors necessary for Wanderin Boy to run well. Obviously the track was wet at Churchill, and that wasn't enough. My point was that he basically needs a freaking meteor to hit the other horses to have a chance.

[tiznowthegreat]

Does anybody say a way Hatta Fort loses in the Woodlawn?

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by tiznowthegreat

Does anybody say a way Hatta Fort loses in the Woodlawn?

I was asking myself the same thing. My only question is why they didn't go in the Crown Royal two weeks ago.. Still, he looks tons the best on paper.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I was asking myself the same thing. My only question is why they didn't go in the Crown Royal two weeks ago.. Still, he looks tons the best on paper.

Not like them to run back that quickly....though I'm not sure what an ungraded $75K stake does for him. To me, they are underrating him, especially against our turf horses. He's AOK.

Of course, his defeat last time cost me a small fortune.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Not like them to run back that quickly....though I'm not sure what an ungraded $75K stake does for him. To me, they are underrating him, especially against our turf horses. He's AOK.

Of course, his defeat last time cost me a small fortune.

I didn't think 26 days was all that quick of a comeback, and the Crown Royal was graded, with double the purse of the Woodlawn. Just seems odd to me, but maybe you're right, and they just wanted to give him the extra time.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I didn't think 26 days was all that quick of a comeback, and the Crown Royal was graded, with double the purse of the Woodlawn. Just seems odd to me, but maybe you're right, and they just wanted to give him the extra time.

No, you're right, it's a little strange. He could do a somersault and drown that field on Friday assuming it's on the grass. I guess Prussian might be OK but the rest of them aren't much.

He only lost by a few lengths to some monsters in Europe. I won't be surprised if he turns out to be the best 3YO turf horse in the country.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

No, you're right, it's a little strange. He could do a somersault and drown that field on Friday assuming it's on the grass. I guess Prussian might be OK but the rest of them aren't much.

He only lost by a few lengths to some monsters in Europe. I won't be surprised if he turns out to be the best 3YO turf horse in the country.

Prussian would be an inclusion for me if there weren't so much speed in the race. Like you said, even if Hatta Fort isn't at his best for some reason, he should probably win easily.

[philcski]

I gotta say, I REALLY like Highest Class in the Black Eyed Susan. She had all kinds of issues in her last at GP, last early and wide around the first turn behind a slow pace, started to make a run then checked and got shuffled back nearing the far turn, and after that the jockey didn't really press on. Seems to be a huge filly who takes a while to get going, but she ran on with Proud Spell in her race at the Fair Grounds and didn't lose a step to that one. Fired a bullet work, on top of it. I think there's enough pace in here to set her up and we might, if we're lucky, get 5-1...

[philcski]

another trivia:

name the BC Mile winner who registered his first career stakes victory in the Woodlawn.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by philcski

I gotta say, I REALLY like Highest Class in the Black Eyed Susan. She had all kinds of issues in her last at GP, last early and wide around the first turn behind a slow pace, started to make a run then checked and got shuffled back nearing the far turn, and after that the jockey didn't really press on. Seems to be a huge filly who takes a while to get going, but she ran on with Proud Spell in her race at the Fair Grounds and didn't lose a step to that one. Fired a bullet work, on top of it. I think there's enough pace in here to set her up and we might, if we're lucky, get 5-1...

Was there a third turn....because she was hardly wide around the first turn I saw her on. She's not impossible but I'm not a fan of suck up plodder types. However, I really haven't finished looking at the race.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

wandering boy scr.....

[hockey2315]

Is it safe to play against A.P. Arrow?

[cakes44]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Is it safe to play against A.P. Arrow?

It usually is. He's probably perfect to key in 2nd and 3rd in your trifectas though.