Stewards- Country Star

[SCUDSBROTHER]

He looks for incredibly soft spots more than most. Could find a baby's soft spot in 1.5 seconds. They all do it, but this guy lives for it. It's crappy for the game. Bad race. Delay...Frankel Delay....A competitive race will follow after this one. We appreciate your understanding, and interesting betting races will resume shortly.

[Scurlogue Champ]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

He looks for incredibly soft spots more than most. Could find a baby's soft spot in 1.5 seconds. They all do it, but this guy lives for it. It's crappy for the game. Bad race. Delay...Frankel Delay....A competitive race will follow after this one. We appreciate your understanding, and interesting betting races will resume shortly.

That is kind of his job. Put anything in the right company and it will win.

He sure didn't find an easy spot for Mast Track last out at 12-1 did he? Did you happen to get any of that one?

Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ

That is kind of his job. Put anything in the right company and it will win.

He sure didn't find an easy spot for Mast Track last out at 12-1 did he? Did you happen to get any of that one?

i agree, some could say he is a master at picking his spots. a few years back he was easily the best trainer in the game, and is still today right up there.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

i agree with country star being left up.. i do not agree that the 7 horse in the feature it should have been dqed imo

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

i agree with country star being left up.. i do not agree that the 7 horse in the feature it should have been dqed imo

It was tough to tell on the turn if By The Light came out on the outside horse on her own, or if Salt Water Reign forced her out. I think it was the right call.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ

That is kind of his job. Put anything in the right company and it will win.

He sure didn't find an easy spot for Mast Track last out at 12-1 did he? Did you happen to get any of that one?

There is something of actual value to the thread now,because you've reminded everyone of the horse who got free on a highly speed favoring day at Hwd Park in late June. You had no shot trying to make up ground on this day. Last Saturday in June of this year. Find good raters that failed miserably on this day, and you'll get some value. The 2 days before this were the exact opposite of what I just said ( again some value available, but i'd say that saturday card was the real value producer.) That was the best Friday Night for me ever at HWD PARK. They didn't adjust at all(just kept playing speed,) and lil Garcia capped off a real nice (had it 10x) p3 ending in the feature....Uh, no I didn't have Mast Track the next day. I was in Vegas, and had switched tracks when I realized the put a speed bias in overnight(just like that? yep..they changed it late Friday Night.) It is true though that T BAZE is the 1st to know about a change in track bias, and the best at taking advantage of it.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

BTW, you can't compare the stewards at different tracks to each other. Somebody mentioned Del Mar. Well, the stewards on this circuit have a different threshold in play when one Victor Espinoza is involved. They aren't gunna help out Nakatani much at all, either. Out here, you are damn near for sure not gunna get taken down if you use Gomez. It's a very political situation with these stewards out here. For instance, I really think Bodacat had shown he was the best horse, but got taken down(because Espinoza was riding.) Gomez would never have come down if he had done the same on Bodacat.

[the_fat_man]

CS has footwork issues. She had them in her 1st and 2nd start and, apparently, they were worked out by her 3rd start. I'm took lazy to check out her 4th and 5th race but she was awful yesterday. She spent a good portion of the backstretch LEFTY and she wasn't able to stay on one lead consistently during the stretch run (while under pressure).

Maybe she's still green (it's related to the whip and the jockey change) or maybe it's just the way she runs (not terribly efficient, then) or maybe she has (soundness) issues.