Washington Handicapp 7-30-6- WOW !!

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.