Harry’s picks 072514 If I’m not mistaken tomorrow the 25th is Friday (TGIF)- and the month of July has raced past faster than Flying Paster before dawn- anyway, yesterday’s “big cheese” at least for me, was in the 8th at Arlington Park where Khukuri, an aged gelding by War Front, scored at $32.00 to win and set up a brilliant late double of $171.40 when coupled with also “tipped” Let The Lady Speak ($12.40)= Khukuri stems from the fine broodmare the 4th , dam, Brown Berry- she was responsible for the utterly magnificent creature known to the world by the name of Avatar- I will never forget Avatar, with Shoemaker(>) aboard walking out to the post parade in the 1975 Kentucky Derby (which he lost to was it Foolish Pleasure? If my memory is clear about it)- the day was somewhat overcast, nevertheless Avatar, was produced in as fine a condition as any race horse I ever have seen- glistening in the golden glow which many of Graustark’s sons displayed- Avatar, was profoundly beautiful and moved me a notch up in my dedication as a fan of the Sport of Kings and Queens- a number of weeks afterward Avatar showed up for the Belmont Stakes where he polished off the winners of the Derby and the Preakness without much problem- I’d thought Avatar would have been an exemplary stallion built like he was- but aside from his excellent dam, the family of 5-G operatives to which he was attached might have acted like concrete blocks wrapped around his siring “fetlocks”- so he never amounted to much as a stallion- but sometimes a long memory helps in horse racing and as Khukuri’s 3rd dam was a half sister to Avatar, by distinguished Damascus- well the result keyed a very nice late rescue at Arlington Park wherein the first 7 races on the card were the Inquisitor’s dungeon- sometimes patience is a virtue- Saratoga 1-2 2-1 3-1e 4-3 5-2 6-1e 7-4 8-1 9-3 Arlington 1-6 2-5 3-5 4-7 5-7 6-1 7-1 8-5 9-1e Assiboia 1-5 2-3 3-5 4-1 5-3 6-2 7-6 Canterbury 1-5 2-2 3-5 4-3 5-3 6-4 7-3 8-1 9-03 10-1 Ellis 1-6 2-4 3-6 4-2 5-2 6-2 7-3 8-2evangeline 1-7 2-5 3-10 4-7 5-4 6-6 7-12 8-5 9-1e 10-1 Finger Lakes 1-1 2-7 3-4 4-3 5-6 6-6 7-8 8-7 9-4 Prairie meadows 1-5 2-6 3-2 4-6 5-2 6-5 7-5 8-3 9-6 Retama 1-3 2-2 3-6 4-4 5-4 6-1 7-1 8-2 9-1 10-10 Ruidoso 1-7 2-1 3-9 4-2 5-3 6-1 7-3 8-5 9-4 h/ Santa Rosa 1-4 2-2 3-3 4-3 5-3 6-8 7-3 8-2 9-1e Woodbine 1-1 2-1 3-6 4-5 5-6 6-2 7-3 8-2 9-5 Thistledown 1-2 2-6 3-7 4-6 5-6 6-2 7-5 8-7 Northlands 1-3 2-3 3-1 4-5 5-6 6-5 7-4 8-8 Monmouth 1-1 2-4 3-3 4-1 5-3 6-5 7-4 8-3 9-2 10-1 Louisiana downs 1-4 2-1 3-5 4-1 5-3 6-5 7-4 8-8 9-1e Indiana 1-4 2-1e 3-3 4-5 5-6 6-3 7-1 8-4 9-8 Gulfstream 1-3 2-5 3-5 4-9 5-3 6-8 7-7 8-5 9-4 10-3 Fair meadows Tulsa 1-6 2-1 3-8 4-9 5-9 6-7 7-7 8-6 9-5 10-3 11-7 12-6 Del mar 1-dana delight 2-innocent man 3-clever royal 4-josie hit a homer 5-changethechannel 6- Yes she’s unusual 7- Old tome hockey 8- Home maid brownie Emerald downs 1-3 2-2 3-3 4-1 5-3 6-4 7-4 Charles town 1-2 2-5 3-7 4-7 5-1 6-5 7-6 8-6 9-4 Belterra 1-1 2-1 3-2 4-3 5-5 6-3 7-3 8-1
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 04:51:27 +0000
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