Tampa Bay 5th

[golfer]

Horvat Clan FINALLY returns tomorrow in the 8th against NBA Money (and a handful of others).

[GPK]

Originally Posted by golfer

Horvat Clan FINALLY returns tomorrow in the 8th against NBA Money (and a handful of others).

FTS Ninja Warrior gonna be awfully tough in there, and may be a nice price too.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by GPK

FTS Ninja Warrior gonna be awfully tough in there, and may be a nice price too.

There are a lot of interesting pedigree plays in there. Tough race.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

There are a lot of interesting pedigree plays in there. Tough race.

Yeah. Tough to take a short price on any horse in that race.

[Dahoss]

A few thoughts on the race.

Score One's dam was 6 for 14 on the turf including a listed stake at Tampa.

Chief Redneck's dam was 5 for 23 on turf, and was in the money in 9 other turf starts, winning over 100k.

Ninja Warrior, as Kev mentioned is bred very strongly for grass, being a full to War Monger, who was 4 for 13 on grass and won over 500k. He's also a half to Brickell who won over 300k on grass. Trainer has had success with Danny Coa riding.

Ransom Canyon's dam was 7 for 15 on grass and she was also a half to 6 figure turf earners.

Horvat Clan is the trip horse.

Soul of the Moon's dam is half to Marcavelly who won a couple of grade 3's on the grass.


Horvat Clan is the one to beat and if he repeats his last, he's going to win. I think the 2,3,4 and 5 are all interesting pedigree plays. I give the edge to Ninja Warrior, although maybe the board tells a better story. The real wild card to me is Score One. Sporadic works, but the kind of horse I've seen light up the toteboard. Very interesting race.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Just watched the replay - how in the hell Goncalves not only doesn't go ass over teakettle into the rail coming out of the chute, but manages a closing 4th is beyond any plausible explanation. Well bred firster mentioned by Hossy (Ransom Canyon) gets it done @ 8-1.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Just watched the replay - how in the hell Goncalves not only doesn't go ass over teakettle into the rail coming out of the chute, but manages a closing 4th is beyond any plausible explanation. Well bred firster mentioned by Hossy (Ransom Canyon) gets it done @ 8-1.

Credit to Goncalves for getting back in the irons and persisting with the horse. Many would have stopped riding at that moment and rushed back to the room to change their drawers.

That said, I hope Ian Wilkes keeps NBA Money at the MSW level. He has the look of a longtime maiden, unless he gets some class relief soon. He is running just well enough to take money, which are the types I love to play against.