GP 9th (1/19): Mr. Maestre (12-1)

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Originally Posted by Kasept

SPOT PLAY: Highly recommend close examination of the fascinating #5 Mr. Maestre in today's 9th at Gulfstream (assuming they race...).

6 yo is 2nd off extended injury break stemming from his enormous performance 11/24/06 at Calder which earned a 111 Beyer. That run by this Lord Carson bay was not entirely isolated in his career as he had blasted MSW foes at age 4 in his 9th (!) career start which received a 96 BSF.

Walter Rosas-Canessa brought Mr. Maestre back in a 5f CRC turf dash and now stretches him an added furlong on the main: the same pattern employed before the 1:09.4 minor stakes performance in November '06. He showed in a N2L win that he does not need the lead to be successful, and even in the comebacker, gone 400+ days, was beaten 2L when 4th behind Hollywood Left?
He is 5/2-2-0 going three-quarters; has a placement in 2 tries across I-95; drilled 4f in :48.2 (3/49) n the slower CRC strip 10 days after his return race; and will be a price. It is a deep and curious group, but I'll be focusing on this guy with the 'logicals' and another price or two...

Good luck..

in for $30,000 claiming at gulf on 02-01-08