Azeri Stakes

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Danzig

and i read this morning in the ark paper that she's returning to cali--no decision as to whether she'll return for the apple blossom. if it was me, she'd stay and aim for that. but what do i know?

She's running in the Apple Blossom.

You can pencil her in...in fact, she will be on a plane with her stablemate Heatseeker for the OP Handicap that same day.

Trainers seem to think that by pretending like they have other options to look at - they can sway the racing secretary into assigning a little more favorible weight spread for the race.

One of the funniest ones of late was Baffert refusing to enter Tough Tiz's Sis in the Grade 1 at SA on Sunday because she was assigned 118 pounds, 4 less than Nashoba's Key.

First of all, Bobby, she won a Grade 1 race over the track (albeit over a perfect trip Hystericalady who can barely stand up on synthetics) - second of all, Mr. Baffert, that field was moderate and Tough Tiz's Sis would have been no more than 3/1 or 7/2.

When an assigned 118lbs is enough to get a 3/1 or 7/2 shot scratched from a Grade 1 stake ... you know you are talking about racing in the 21st century.