Street Sense, Imawildandcrazyguy & Tiago bring up the rear in the 2007 Derby (Kentucky Derby)
I’ve been procrastinating a wrap-up post that I intend to do tomorrow (I’m hoping for the buzzy kind of hangover!)… until then, I hope your 2007 was as spectacular as the 2007 crop of 3 year olds!
Posted by dana on Dec 31 2007
Filed Under: Imawildandcrazyguy, 2007, Street Sense, Racing
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Big thanks to one of my bestest pals, West Coast D, for sending me this spot. Two thumbs up for a fun, inventive spot that speaks to a wide audience… here’s to seeing more of this approach in 2008!
Posted by dana on Dec 31 2007
Filed Under: Mainstream Media, YouTube, Ads, 2007
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Johnny Eves and David Flores winning the Malibu (Charles Pravata)
I’m a little bummed that I didn’t handicap the Malibu [DRF], not that I would have hit anything. This was just the kind the kind of race I love to play… a decent sized field with only a couple of favorites and a lot of potential at nice odds. These types of fields are more typical of allowance or claiming races, rarely graded stakes, let alone a G1… let’s hope there’s more of this in 2008!
I threw a little sentimental bet on Great Hunter, I’ll have to watch the replay to see his performance. It looked like he was either a little bottled up or hesitant about pushing his way through, hard to tell. Either way I’m glad he’s back.
I thought Cobalt Blue looked good in the parade and I noticed Johnny Eves ($24) in the parade as well. I was also happy to see Hurry Up Austin get up for 4th, I’ve always liked him for whatever reason.
I love to see a horse step up the way Johnny Eves did. Jay Robbins, his trainer, said in the post race interview that he trains like good horse… good to see him proof it. And let’s hear it for geldings! David Flores is also off with a bang winning 4 on the card.
If you were lucky enough to have the $1 Super, you had a 120,856.50 payday. If you had the $1 trifecta, you had a $8,831.50 payday!
In other payout news, even with 3 races paying out more than $20 per winner, the Pick 6 was hit at Aqueduct!
The results are as follows:
4th: Wild Garden ($3.50)
5th: Cherna ($40.40)
6th: Hunsley Bunsley ($8.70
7th: Dance Gal Dance ($23.40)
8th: Beau Dare ($8.10)
9th: Unbreelievable ($20.40)
$2 Payout: $91,252… congrats to all who hit that ticket! Definitely Ubreelievable.
Malibu race replay at NTRA.
Posted by dana on Dec 26 2007
Filed Under: Charles Pravata, Geldings, Superfecta, Santa Anita, Trifecta, Great Hunter, 2007, Pick 6, Racing
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Into Mischief and Victor Espinoza (orange cap) win the Cash Call Futurity (Charles Pravata)
Into Mischief ($29.60) gave his connections a much needed payday in the CashCall Futurity [NTRA].
He sat right off the pace throughout and took the lead by a couple of lengths at the top of the stretch. He held off the fast closing Colonel John & Massive Drama to win a by a length… and he looked good doing it to!
Posted by dana on Dec 23 2007
Filed Under: Charles Pravata, 2yo, Hollywood Park, 2007, Racing
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Yowza, I just turned on the OTB channel to learn that Steve Asmussen & Shaun Bridgmohan won 6 races, including all 4 stakes races, on the Fairgrounds card today… that’s what I call a Jockey Trainer combo!!
I was able to watch race 10, the last race of the day, to see if they could make it 7 and they almost did. West Point’s Cadet Gold wired the field setting pretty fast fractions (:21.58, :45.15, :57.85, 1:11.86) and holding off a game Stonestreet Song (Bridgmohan/Asmussen) by a nose. It was an impressive effort for both colts but Cadet Song was the more impressive of the two as he hung tough and paid $16.
Posted by dana on Dec 22 2007
Filed Under: Fairgrounds, Steve Asmussen, Shaun Bridgmohan, West Point Thoroughbreds, 2007, 2yo, Racing
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