Washington Handicapp 7-30-6- WOW !!

[slotdirt]

Perfect Drift lost this race last year to like Super Frolic or some other nag, IIRC.

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Perfect Drift lost this race last year to like Super Frolic or some other nag, IIRC.

Ummmm....

He won this race last year.

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

Ummmm....

He won this race last year.

not only did he win, he set anew course time record doing so.
he lloked exceptionally sharp last year at the end of the summer, scored big in the Pac Classic from this one and was ITM in the BCC, much to my surprise ,

he needs this win and a good showing in the PC to get the points he may need to get to the BCC. at 7, even though he leads the league in on track earnings, he may not get picked as 1 of the 7 by the panel should he fall short on points.

Saturday at AP,
i'm guessing temps in the mid to upper 90's.

i'm so sweet i'm ay not be able to go, you know melting problems and all.

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Block, dont worry about the Classic...he'll get in. The panel wont leave him out as long as he keeps running the way he did in the Foster...that isnt even a concern

Originally Posted by Secretariat

Saturday at AP,
i'm guessing temps in the mid to upper 90's.
i'm so sweet i'm ay not be able to go, you know melting problems and all.

tooo funny!!!!!

[zippyneedsawin]

I like Second of June here. 4-1 would be nice.. of course, I'll use PD to complete the exacta!

this is not an easy race.
if PD doesn't fire in the 90 degree heat,
its up for grabs.

suave has beaten PD before,
and to my surprise Seek gold, not only beat PD in his last out, he has gotten him twice, in the clark Hcp in 2004.

if seek gold beat him on two occasions,
so could Suave.

The second of June was ALL the rage in the spring of 2004.
he defeated Imperialism(winner of the SA derby in 04)in the fall of 2003, at 2. he beat Friends lake in 2004 who i think won the Florida derby that year. he had three wins in a row headed into the Fountain of youth, was a derby favorite.
In the FOY 2004,he and Read the Footnotes got involved in a struggle down the lane that handed 6/2 not only a loss at the wire, but he sustained an injury that sidelined him for the remainder of the year more or less. he has not won since that race. time off to heal, then a short lived return, and another layoff.
he was third to Bandini in his first race back off his second layoff. he is by Loius Qatorze,(sp) who i think won the Belmont a few years back. he should be able to run 9.5f, and may be the one to catch.

O'connels, from brazil has run three times here.
looking at his PP data, he has run LOg races in south america
and he could a threat as well.

there is no apparent throw outs in this race, and PD could finish out of themoney as well as in the money.

[Buffymommy]

he was third to Bandini in his first race back off his second layoff. he is by Loius Qatorze,(sp) who i think won the Belmont a few years back. he should be able to run 9.5f, and may be the one to catch.



It was the Preakness LQ won.



PD will be in the money! Second of June I would put in an exacta. Tri maybe go with Suave.

[JJP]

O'Connells is the sleeper in the Wash Park. He had a terrible pace set up last time; no speed in the race and he was against it. He had traffic issues in the stretch and won well in hand, despite the small win margin.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Secretariat

The second of June was ALL the rage in the spring of 2004.
he defeated Imperialism(winner of the SA derby in 04)in the fall of 2003, at 2.

I am pretty sure that Imperialism did NOT win the Santa Anita Derby. If I remember correctly, it was Castledale that year.

But back to the point....it is a tough race, but despite PD's love for 2nd and 3rd place finishes....I think he likes this track and is the class of the field.

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Perfect Drift lost this race last year to like Super Frolic or some other nag, IIRC.

Here's what I don't understand about Perfect Drift, everyone says that he loves to run 2nd or 3rd and that he is common, but there were 3 times where I was at the track and saw him run and he showed the winning killer instinct. The first was in March of 2002 in the Spiral Stakes, he ran by a pretty nice Request For Parole to win. The other two times he got the ideal setups, but he still won. In June of 2003 in the Stephen Foster, Mineshaft had a horrendous trip and horrible ride, but he was the best horse that year and Perfect Drift ran him down, the other time was in September of 2003, when Congaree was on the worst part of the track in the Kentucky Cup, but Perfect Drift did win. How did he go from that to running second, maybe it's the trainers fault. I like this horse and next to Cat Thief, I have probably seen him run in person, more than any other top horse and even though he looked good in the Stephen Foster, I think that was a very bad field and made him look better than he really might be, I wouldn't be surprised to see him lose this race...

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Seek Gold a no show...Drift drew the rail

Arlington Park - July 29th, 2006 - Race 8
Washington Park H. - Grade: 2
Estimated Local Post Time: 4:25 PM
Race Type: Stakes
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Three Year Old and Upward
Purse: $300,000
Distance:One And Three Sixteenth Miles
Surface: Dirt
Post Horse Name Age Sex Weight Jockey Name
1 Perfect Drift (KY) 7 Gelding 119 Mark Guidry
2 Three Hour Nap (KY) 4 Colt 115 Francisco C. Torres
3 Iosilver (MD) 5 Gelding 111 Eduardo E. Perez
4 O'Connell's (BRZ) 5 Gelding 114 Jesse M. Campbell
5 Second of June (FL) 5 Horse 116 Robby Albarado
6 Suave (KY) 5 Horse 118 Calvin H. Borel
7 Nolan's Cat (KY) 4 Colt 113 Christopher A. Emigh

[slotdirt]

What was the race in the slop last year at Arlington that Perfect Drift lost last year to like Super Frolic? I know I"m not making this up.

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

What was the race in the slop last year at Arlington that Perfect Drift lost last year to like Super Frolic? I know I"m not making this up.

Hawthorne Gold Cup. PD was 4th.

[slotdirt]

Thanks for the answers...I knew I wasn't crazy about Perfect Hanger losing a race to some nag somewhere at Arlington last year.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Thanks for the answers...I knew I wasn't crazy about Perfect Hanger losing a race to some nag somewhere at Arlington last year.

That race wasn't at Arlington, it was at Hawthorne. He only ran at Arlington once last year and, as block pointed out, set a track record.

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Thanks for the answers...I knew I wasn't crazy about Perfect Hanger losing a race to some nag somewhere at Arlington last year.

May we all one day own a horse like this...