Hollywood movie kind of race today at Pimlico

[Merlinsky]

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/th...ns-to-pimlico/

Spicer Cub has blinkers on in the first race at Pimlico today, 1:10pm. Keep an eye on the starting gate. (Not when they come out of it, of course. Later on.) At least I'm assuming he's racing in the blinkers. I guess Perez could've meant he just trained in them.

[casp0555]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/th...ns-to-pimlico/

Spicer Cub has blinkers on in the first race at Pimlico today, 1:10pm. Keep an eye on the starting gate. (Not when they come out of it, of course. Later on.) At least I'm assuming he's racing in the blinkers. I guess Perez could've meant he just trained in them.

that's funny

[Merlinsky]

Aw nuts. Finished 2nd again. As you can imagine he was keen blinkers on but the opening half was 49ish (that's a technical term used by clockers). Still, might've just been a tad too focused. He went straight as an arrow though so that's a positive. In a situation like this, do you cut back on the cups the next time or hope he's over the crazy running and take them off?

Loved the comment as he went into the gate. "The star of Youtube, Spicer Cub!"

ETA: Here's an article on the race. They took extra precautions when moving the starting gate. http://blogs.courier-journal.com/rac...on-spicer-cub/

[Merlinsky]

Spicer Cub broke his maiden today at Delaware Park. Recap video here: http://www.delawarepark.com/race_day_audio.php It's race 5.