1/24 (GP/SA): Sunshine Millions

[Travis Stone]

Finallymadeit was coming off the O2X pattern sheet players often refer to. Going from a 106-100-91 is a fairly good representation of that pattern and, at least in my experience and from what I've read/asked, it takes time and a start or two for the horse to cycle back to their higher numbers.

[JJP]

I would argue that the lesser figure in the Hal's Hope was a product of his trip; there was a lot of speed in the Hal's Hope and one could make the case that the inside, where Finallymadeit did his running that day, was on the dead side. There clearly was significantly less early speed in the Sunshine Millions race.

[Bobby Fischer]

well, it was a good thought that the track configuration on the Gulfstream 9 furlong setup would favor Finallymadeit. He just isn't that classy, and when It's a Bird went and passed him before the final turn, that hurt Finallymadeit. Ideally you want the inside speed to carry that lead into the 2nd turn(obviously, if he's the speed you probably want him to carry it to the wire.) It was a good logical thought, it just didn't come through in this race.
The public also bet Finallymadeit down to below 6-1. That hurt those who were thinking about backing Finallymadeit. Public was smart on this day they sucked all the value out of that one. Familiar name Atoned figured to be a juicy underlay, and he was at 13-1, but not the 6-1 we wanted. In an overlysimplified way you could say the Atoned money backed the smarter choice of Finallymadeit.
Delightful Kiss ran another pretty good race. He did a lot of running in comparison to a horse like It's a Bird who ran well with a dream trip. Famous Patriot had a pretty tough type of trip being in the 11 post, and maybe he gets decent odds at a realistic try in the future. Hey Byrne and Neema's Pad as well although tough to say if they offer any upside.