Absolutely Fabulous is Right!
Patrick had the pleasure of watching the Battaglia as it happened but the replay is up now up KentuckyDerby.com so get thyself over there to watch it!
That was a seriously impressive move. It’s not YouTube yet, but her performance in the Caressingh at Churchill as a 2yo on the turf was startlingly similar (official race replay from Churchill, no embedding).
On another note, yesterday was a day for longshots. Besides Absolute Cindy ($41.60) there was Malibu Moonshine ($31.40) in the Stymie, Ever a Friend ($20.60) in the Kilroe Mile and Heatseeker ($16) in the Big Cap. While my hunch bet of Great Hunter didn’t work out, I did manage to cash my first ticket of the year with Malibu Moonshine!
I just happen to turn on the OTB channel about 15 minutes before the Stymie. I was eating lunch and watch the parade and the both Malibu Moonshine and Temporary Saint looked great in the paddock and parade (wish I had boxed them!). I like to practice my visual handicapping when I’m not able to handicap proper and this just happen to be one of those times when I synched-up doing well with actually placing a bet. Needless to say, I was jumping up down like a crazy person in front of my TV.
On another note, I love the way Evening Attire looks when he runs. He looks a bit like a cartoon character with neck stuck so far out and kind of low. It’s very endearing.
Posted by dana on Mar 02 2008
Filed Under: Evening Attire, 2008, Hunch Bet, OTB, Great Hunter, Derby Trail, Handicapping, Racing
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I’ve sooooo got to see this Absolutely Cindy replay. I’ve been waiting for it to post up on youtube so that I could blog about it. What’s your take on her? Can she compete with the other top fillies like Indian Blessing and Country Star?
I used to be a Great Hunter guy but he hasn’t really shown anything in quite some time. My heart play that got burned in the Big Cap was Tiago, but I did make Heetseeker my second choice and advised covering him on all tickets. I couldn’t believe we got 7/1 after Watchmaker had predicted he’d win.
I’m interested to find out if she’s ready to take on the big girls… she didn’t do much in the Silverbulletday but maybe this was her break out race. I have to go watch the Silverbulletday again, but her Turf win in the Caressingh was very similar… perhaps she doesn’t like conventional dirt.
As for Great Hunter, it was really more of a hunch than a sentimental play. He really did improve his last out prior to the Big Cap in that quiet “I’m gonna blow your doors off next time out” kinda way… minus the blowing your doors off next time out :)
Yeah, what’s going on with Tiago? I hope he gets it back together!