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[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by Kasept

FRIDAY 7th Race - 2/21/11 - MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT

1 1/8 Mile Dirt. Purse $48,500. THREE YEARS OLD (03:52 PM)

1 Deed It Is 3 C L 122 Coa Eibar McGaughey III Claude R.
2 Derby Obsession 3 C L 122 Garcia Alan Maker Michael J.
3 Pleasant Run 3 C L b 122 Leparoux Julien R. McPeek Kenneth G.
4 Dance City 3 C L 122 Velazquez John R. Pletcher Todd A.
5 Where's The Beef 3 C L 122 Castellano Javier Fawkes David
6 Trouble For Tiger 3 C L 122 Lezcano Jose Zito Nicholas P.
7 Chiseled Light 3 G L b 122 Henry, Sr. Wesley Harvey Daniel S.
8 Niederzel 3 C L 122 Castanon Jesus Lopez Miller Darrin



FRIDAY 9th Race - 2/21/11 - ALLOWANCE

1 1/8 Mile Dirt. Purse $51,500. FOR THREE YEAR OLDS WHICH HAVE NEVER WON A RACE OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING OR STARTER OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON TWO RACES.

1 Financial Empire 3 C L 122 Coa Eibar Pletcher Todd A.
2 Dialed In 3 C L 120 Leparoux Julien R. Zito Nicholas P.
3 Soldat 3 C L 120 Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran P.
4 Cool Blue Red Hot 3 C L 122 Maragh Rajiv Penna, Jr. Angel J.
5 Beamer 3 C L 122 Bridgmohan Jermaine V. Nafzger Carl A.
6 Lauburu 3 C L 120 Velazquez John R. Pletcher Todd A.
7 Halo's Thunder 3 C L b 120 Desormeaux Kent J. McPeek Kenneth G.
8 Mas Trueno 3 C L 120 Castellano Javier Phipps William

It is still January Steve...

[Linny]

They just can't resist putting Soldat back on dirt. I like him and hope the best for him but he moved up so nicely on grass.

[Monarchos1]

Originally Posted by Linny

They just can't resist putting Soldat back on dirt. I like him and hope the best for him but he moved up so nicely on grass.

He's certainly training well on it at Palm Meadows. With graded stakes earnings already in the bank, no reason not to take a shot. I imagine some of the rivals were surprised to see him turn up in this condition.

[Kasept]

Soldat: 102 Beyer
Dance City: 78 Beyer

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Soldat: 102 Beyer
Dance City: 78 Beyer

If you listen carefully you can actually hear the money being incinerated on Soldat in his impending dirt race failures. Or, maybe he will be the reincarnation of Temperance Hill, and it will pour the day of every big race. Even then I'm highly skeptical.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

If you listen carefully you can actually hear the money being incinerated on Soldat in his impending dirt race failures. Or, maybe he will be the reincarnation of Temperance Hill, and it will pour the day of every big race. Even then I'm highly skeptical.

Agree completely. . . I really like him as a turf horse, but he will never be anything on dry dirt and will almost certainly be a casualty of Derby fever.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Agree completely. . . I really like him as a turf horse, but he will never be anything on dry dirt and will almost certainly be a casualty of Derby fever.

Don't slop horses generally love the turf? In 2 dirt starts at 2, he ran 2nd on a fast track to Bail Out Cat (5 1/2 furlongs) and then 2nd by about 5 to Wine Police on a sloppy track. He's going to take a ton of money in the FOY, but that could be a huge race with Boys and THAS among others going. Maybe he won't take all that much $$, now that I think about it, because BAT and THAS will take $$$ -at least BAT will have had a race. I wonder who THAS' new jockey will be............

I was so looking forward to seeing Dialed In, but I think Nick made the right decision to scratch...........

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

It is still January Steve...

Clearly I am projecting forward to an anticipated trip to Florida or So. California!