7/16 (HOL): American Oaks (G1), A Gleam (G2), Landaluce S.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

How about Tanda in the A Gleam?

Her campaign has been awfully odd. I really liked her as a 3YO and was waiting for her to come back this year. Instead of the Las Flores on dirt, Hendricks went with the downhill race. That Milady was a disaster from the start, then she just got a little tired last time.

I like her on Saturday because she has enough speed to stay close and there's not a lot of pace in there at all. Her darkened form should help get a decent price too.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Her campaign has been awfully odd. I really liked her as a 3YO and was waiting for her to come back this year. Instead of the Las Flores on dirt, Hendricks went with the downhill race. That Milady was a disaster from the start, then she just got a little tired last time.

I like her on Saturday because she has enough speed to stay close and there's not a lot of pace in there at all. Her darkened form should help get a decent price too.

That barn seems to have trouble getting their better horses back to form after going to the bench. Rigoletta was retired after 2 starts following an injury after the Oak Leaf. Daytona struggled for over a year trying to comeback and then was retired after scratching from his comeback. Brother Derek ran a handful of times after the Triple Crown, but was nowhere near the same horse. Indian Sun, who placed in a couple of Derby preps, made a couple starts when he returned, but then disappeared. Beresford, a promising juvenile in 2007, ultimately dropped into claimers when he resurfaced.

Like you say, though, Tanda has been campaigned oddly. It's kind of surprising they wheeled her back two weeks after the Milady to run in a turf race. They ran the Desert Stormer, 6f on the main track, two weeks after that. Seemed like the perfect race to "reboot" for the A Gleam and the rest of the season.