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Old 02-21-2013, 09:48 AM
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Upon doing some homework last night I also thought Code West has a nice shot this weekend in New Orleans. He seems to have a pretty solid cruising speed and stayed even with S99 through the stretch of his last race. I don't think he was persevered with after S99 got the 3 length advantage on him in the final turn. Interesting also that Baffert takes the blinkers off for this race. This is a solid training move for him (36% according to BRIS stats) I'm hoping Oxbow and Normandy Invasion take plenty of cash to make Code West a better price. (probably wishful thinking)

I also thought Proud Strike ran in a fairly solid paced maiden race and pulled away nicely in the stretch. Not sure how good the field was but both the 2nd and 3rd place horses have already come back to win. Huge jump up from a maiden win but pretty good first race off the 3 month layoff. Love the distance pedigree.

(the track condition is a wildcard here though)
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