“Thou shalt not not go to the racetrack on Easter” is
written somewhere in the Bible, I just haven’t found it yet. If you celebrate,
Happy Easter.
30 out of the 56 horses racing on Sunday are Washington-breds.
Even more impressive is that 38 of the 55 horses entered on Saturday were Washington-breds.
The 7th and 8th races on Sunday are
very competitive races so the plan is to focus on the late Pick 4 and try to
get some higher odds horses in the 7th and 8th races. I
bet the handle numbers are pretty good on the 8th because it has
both quality and quantity.
Race 6: #1
Frisco Bound and #4 Vegas Burn
#1 Frisco Bound
was claimed out of a $3,500N3L at Turf Paradise in his last start in February.
This horse has good speed, the rail, and was competitive at levels higher than
this. Frisco is also Bound to lose the
NFC Championship game again next year. #4
Vegas Burn just won impressively last weekend and is right back in with
Rocco Bowen. It was a good win and I would expect this jump up to the N3L condition
will not be a big deal. #2 Spending and
#5 Sam Jam are both good enough to win this but they will need to close and
only have 5.5 Furlongs to do it so I would just stick with #1 and #4. But why
would you or my dog ever listen to me?
Race 7: #1
Smart Copy, #2 Stikine Slough, #4 Kenai King and #5 Can’t Get Enough
Really like this race. Looking forward to seeing these
horses in the paddock and seeing how much they have matured since last year. #1 Smart
Copy is a Washington-bred by Papa Clem out of the Basket Weave mare Run a
Copy. This horse has only lost to three horses: Del Rio Harbor, Noosito and
Royal Tale. Not bad company. #2 Stikine
Slough ("Blue") won a race by over 18 lengths last year but then had to face the
likes of Dallon’s Gold, Noosito and Del Rio Harbor. Look at those 5 Furlong works on March 31 and
April 6. “Blue” looks ready. #4 Kenai King ran against the same
company as the others in this race and was competitive. His only bad start was
when he was off slow and 5-wide on the turn. #5 Can’t Get Enough was my favorite yearling colt at the 2012 WTBOA
Sale. The $41,000 price tag did not surprise me. I expect this horse will be
stakes-placed by the end of the year.
Note that in the third Race #5 Ms P K Blue is also out of Bluledo,
the same dam as #2 Stikine Slough.
Nicknamed “Blue”, I am hoping Stikine Slough will show his stuff tomorrow. You’re
my boy blue!
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Race 8: #1 Mr.
Bowling, #5 Scat DaddyBaby, #10 Rocky’s Quest and #11 Jebrica
Great race! Oh crap, Scat Daddybaby is in this race. I am
forced to put #5 Scat Daddybaby on
my ticket because of Scat Daddybaby
Syndrome. He has been working out great and has speed in a field that seems
to lack that asset. Note that I just violated my own Scat Daddybaby Syndrome rule
by leaving out only one horse in Race 7 (#3 Airgrinder). For a refresher on this Syndrome see my Opening
Day post. I am not going over it again.
#1 Mr. Bowling is
better than his Longacres Mile race last year suggests. The question is whether
this is too short of a distance for him. He has been working well recently. #10 Rocky’s Quest is a favorite of mine
at the track. Question is again the distance as this horse seems to do better
at a mile rather than 6 Furlongs. #11
Jebrica cannot be left out. This classy horse (out of Peaceful Wings) has a
good post position for his style. He can sit back and see what happens in front
of him before making a closing move. Once more, the issue is whether this horse
will like this distance. It will be interesting
to see how the three-year olds from last year step up against the older horses.
Note that the dam of #6
Finallygotabentley (I finally got a powder blue Ford Pinto, see below) is Smarty Deb. This family
is excellent will certainly pop up in a “Broodmare of the Week” post later on.
Race 9: #1 Claudia’s Cahill, #2 That’s a Bingo and #5 Sunshine Candy
Your guess is as good as mine in this race. I think you
could add the #3 And Stay Out and #4 You Send Me and I wouldn’t argue
with you. I just want to limit my investment to three horses.
Pick 4 Investment Structure
1,4/1,2,4,5/1,5,10,11/1,2,5
2 x 4 x 4 x 3 = 96 Combinations or $48.
Other Races of
Interest
Race 3: Has two well-bred horses that were high prices at the WTBOA Sale. #3 Diner’s Diva is by Dehere out of a
Crafty Prospector mare and #4 Athina Lee
is an English Channel (the second English Channel we have seen from the
Hansen’s in the last week) out of a Pentelicus mare. Diner’s Diva was purchased
for $50,000 and Athina Lee was purchased for $80,000 at the WTBOA sale. Too
rich for my mongrel blood but I thought both of these horses were beautiful
horses at their respective yearling sales (I just reviewed my notes in my old sales catalogs).
Hope to you see you Sunday. I am the guy walking around that
is the height of a jockey but can’t make weight to ride (by about 40 pounds).
Always love your
animals,
Will
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