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Originally Posted by Kasept
There's nothing in that sprint that Ravalo can't beat with any of his typical '08 performances. If he has lost a step, you wouldn't know it based on the :57.3 workout in March. That drill may have been responsible for the blah effort at KEE, and since when do you count on him beyond 6f anyway?
The horse I'd love to boost into this is Celtic Innis, who is one my absolute favorite geldings. The winningest son ($510k) of the great Yarrow Brae...
As for the Woodlawn, as I said on ATR last night, this is one of the more interesting betting affairs on the card. Don't know if my logic was faulty, but if Affirmatif was anything other than ordinary, why run him in a $50k listed stake? In that 2nd race at KEE he was downright embarassing, and it turns out that field he blasted at Gulfstream was perhaps the worst group of MSW turf runners of the meet. Only Final Count came back to win with a decent figure (87 at KEE 4/19). Oree won on the KEE main for Arnold with a scintillating 78 Beyer. The rest are, in the words of Serling, bums. Affirmatif can win I suppose, but there's three pace-interested parties in that race. Good luck to him...
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Didn't CELTIC INNIS win this heat a few years back? His pp's don't go past the '07 renewal but I seem to recall him winning at 10-1 or so. Or maybe it was 2nd in the Friendly Island year. He definitely has a chance.
FYI West Coast Flyer is cross entered tomorrow at Belmont, where he's 6/5 on the ML. Let's see where they end up. This is a pretty salty race for a $100k G3.
The good Jersey bred Forgetaboutit Sal is also by the studly Yarrow Brae.