1/16 (TAM): Gasparilla & Pasco S.

Bigsmc · #1 01-14-2010, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by keithting

Has anyone looked at the Pasco Stakes at Tampa on Saturday? Gesu. Uptowncharleybrown, Hellen's Choice,etc. Some potential Derby trail 3 yos...

A friend of mine is a co-owner in Hellen's Choice, the 3 yo colt trained by Kathleen O'Connell. I believe that they are running in the Pasco in lieu of this stakes at Gulfstream....

Your friend has his/her horse in the right barn. KOC is white hot at Tampa right now.

This horse needs to get an easier lead, easier said than done, or take back a bit and settle. He went just a bit too fast in the Inaugural while stretching out from 5f grass tries. Obviously, this race is another furlong, so the tactics Ronnie Allen employs will be the key to Hellen's Choice's chances. The Janks horse with Rosie aboard, just to his inside, seems to be the main contender for the early lead. RAJr should be able to assess from the outside post and make a quick decision. That said, 7f should not be outside of this horse's scope and he will benefit greatly from that Inagural run.

I don't think there is any doubt he'll be on my ticket again.

Rain in the forecast for Saturday (again), so track condition could play a big part.

MISTERGEE · #2 01-14-2010, 11:12 AM

diva delight/ gesu parlay

keithting · #3 01-14-2010, 08:42 PM

I was hoping to be there on Saturday for the race, but it looks like Sunday.

GPK · #4 01-16-2010, 08:03 AM

My opinions have been for sh*t thus far this meet, but I really like Mallory Square in the Gasparilla. I'm not sure what she beat on 12/26, but once she switched leads in the stretch, she really began to run.

A very wide open race with a few runners that are still lightly enough raced that they may move forward. Tough to take a short price on any of these.

hurricanefrank · #5 01-16-2010, 08:20 AM

I am dropping small safe on Comic Marvel in the Gasparilla.

Bigsmc · #6 01-16-2010, 08:52 AM

Gasparilla -

Diva Delight - wet or fast.

Jose Gaspar - Gasparilla, The Pirate
Jose Gaspar was a Spanish pirate that prowled the waters of Tampa Bay, Florida. One of the more successful pirates, Gaspar is credited with capturing over 400 ships from 1789 to 1821. Adopting the nickname Gasparilla, he buried treasure in numerous places throughout the west coast of Florida.

Known as the "Last Buccaneer", Gasparilla was planning on retiring from a life of piracy. Ironically, on the day he was dividing his treasure among his crew. he spied a fat British merchant ship passing offshore. Gaspar couldn't resist one last plunder and gave chase. Unfortunately, the merchant ship was really the disguised USS Enterprise - a U.S. Navy warship on a pirate-hunting mission.

Jose Gaspar pulled in close to the ship before realizing, too late, that it was a trap. A spirited battle between pirate and pirate-hunter ensued. Gaspar's ship caught fire and was about to be boarded. Rather than give up and be hanged for piracy, Gasparilla wrapped a heavy chain around his waist and jumped off the bow of his ship.

While Gaspar disappeared beneath the waves, he was not forgotten, nor was his treasure. Gaspar had left it on shore with some of his trusted crew as he went to attack what he though was the merchant ship.

After the battle, the crew that remained onshore took the treasure inland and buried it in different places along the coast. None of Jose Gaspar's treasure has ever been recovered.

GPK · #7 01-16-2010, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Gasparilla -

Diva Delight - wet or fast.

God Bless David Vivian. He sure wasn't afraid to race her as a 2yo was he? I don't know what shes been running against down there in Miami, but she sure shows up everytime.