The Alabama

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

folk wont be short this time....

[Danzig]

panty ride and prado.

[letswastemoney]

I lost $100 to win on Lear's Princess

[Sightseek]

5% of Octave's winnings will be donated to the Make a Wish Foundation.

Go Girl Go!

[letswastemoney]

I don't see Lady Joanne lasting 10 furlongs. I mean she's by Orientate...and she has a front running/press the pace style.

I also think Folk will be hard pressed by Lady Joanne, Moon Catcher, and Octave. Tough Tiz's Sis might have some speed as well.

I'm liking a Lear's Princess over Panty Raid exacta.

[Bobby Fischer]

Panty Raid looks like a good turf horse to me. I think she is special enough to keep on the turf. She certainly has a shot here so its hard to turn down huge opportunities.
Octave is tough as well and likely the better of the two on dirt. It will be interesting to see how Octave finishes at 10furlongs.

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

Panty Raid looks like a good turf horse to me. I think she is special enough to keep on the turf.

probably should have

[hockey2315]

I'll take Lear's Princess to win and boxed with Panty Raid and Folk. . .

[FGFan]

I'm sticking with Octave.
Octave, Panty Raid, Folk box.
Not sure who to throw in for the super.
This is a nice race, really hard to pick.

[Merlinsky]

Can I ask a question about pronunciation? Lady Joanne's name, to me, seems fairly obvious...at least until the announcer (in two races, I assume same track but I can't remember) and at least one of the guys at TVG pronounced it "Lady Joanie"...where are they getting "Joanie" from? Is that seriously it?

[Indian Charlie]

how did anyone not hit that trifecta?

lady joanne to lear's princess to octave was an immortal lock!

i thought that tri would pay closer to 17.70 than the 177 it paid!

the bigger lock though would have been the super if they had one in there

i have to go see who won the del mar oaks now.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

how did anyone not hit that trifecta?

lady joanne to lear's princess to octave was an immortal lock!

i thought that tri would pay closer to 17.70 than the 177 it paid!

the bigger lock though would have been the super if they had one in there

i have to go see who won the del mar oaks now.

Tell me about it, I foolishly convinced myself that Folk was live so only got it for $1. I was so against Panty Raid hitting the board and when she was 2/1 early I really wanted to load up against her but having had a bad day I couldn't do it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Durkin was pronouncing it correctly. It's Joan-ee after the owner's wife.

hmmm, didn't know that--it is spelled to be pronounced joe ann.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I actually cheated and read it on DRF.com

it's like circular quay. pronounced key, but i had to remind myself of that EVERY time i read about the horse.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Durkin was pronouncing it correctly. It's Joan-ee after the owner's wife.

Hmm who wants to be the first to tell the owner's wife she's pronouncing her own name wrong? Of course then you'll have to go have a word with Ian (for some reason pronounced Eye-an) Ziering. It's like going 'hi Matt'..'actually it's pronounced Mate.' To be fair I bet it's really more a French pronunciation that's been b@stardized in her case. There's a figure skater in Canada that spells it Joanie but says it with a French flair and 3 syllables.

[letswastemoney]

It's not often you'll get 10-1 on Lear's Princess......I'm going with her again

[Antitrust32]

Lear's Princess all the way to the bank. She will love 1 1/4.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I doubt Lear's Princess will be 10-1.

I agree but I'll take 8-1, 6-1, whatever she shall be! **** even 5-2.

[letswastemoney]

Okay maybe she won't be 10-1....but her beyer numbers are low compared to the rest of this field so I think 6-1 is a reasonable guess.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cardus

This race is an example of what happens when the monster horse is not entered; other nice horses run, and in this case, the field is terrific by current American racing standards.

Though I'm a little concerned that there will be pace pressure, I think Folk will win. I liked her race just as much as Octave's last time. I know it didn't get a big (BSF) fig -- and I haven't seen the sheet numbers -- I thought the 1-2-3 horses ran well.

True, and it will probably feature more blacktype than the field of the Travers.