Racing picks 091513 Sunday Many years ago, when Destroyer won the Santa Anita Derby for Ken Opstein I think it was - it took the news almost 4 days to be printed in the “Form”- one can easily see how the pace of information has leaped forward if that is the right word- if you take a “nap” nowadays, your sure to be left behind in the information age- races are run- decisions are made-dynasty’s rise and fall in the time it takes to polident your teeth! And so it is the just around the bend are the climatic races for the endless season of 2013- the Breeders Cup in North America its newly funded cousin in England and the racing finale in randy France all mesh as do the tyro champions of each racing orbit- and immediately following the Breeders Cup it is time to get ready to ascertain the “classic” crop for 2014- all this act IV tumult requires a change in focus, at least for me, and so it will be a return to a less nebulous look at the racing scene from this vantage point amongst the throng of “internet” pundit, experts, know-it-all near do wells, handicappers, savants, pandit and crystal balers- hopefully we can fine tune our radars and get some of our picks to win the climatic races for the 2013 season and again kindly wish the racing Godz the gift of clear vision in discerning who amongst the youngsters of 2013 will travel well into the 2014 triple crown campaign- Arlington 1-2 > White Star Line 4th dam 2-3 > 3rd dam half to Foolish Pleasure 3-7 4-7 5-6 6-4 7-1 8-3 9-7 Belmont Park 1-7 > dam is Composure 2-7 > distance may be correct 3-4 > recent Gullo claim 4-10 > has to overcome outside draw 5-6 > drops off cliff 6-9 > 5th dam champion in Canada 7-8 > comes from a good family 8-12 > needs to be quick from the get-go 9-7 > ran ok in the United Nations across the river- 10-1 > comes from a fine family (Gambetta) Churchill Downs 1-6 > should be fast 2-2 > keeps trying 3-6 > first or last, that is the question! 4-7 > good price on a damsel by “hottest” sire War Front- 5-7 > Steffi needs to step on it- 7th dame La Troienne (1-x) 6-5 > dice toss ships in from Ellis Park- 7-10 > gelding needs to improve and overcome outside post- 8-2 > Mott 1st timer harks back to Swoon Son’s sis- 9-1 > won American Derby in 2012 10-3 > worth a long look harks back to family of Flit-To- 20/1 ML- Woodbine 1-8 > has the underpinnings to be a good turf horse- 2-4> gelded blue blood 3-7 > looks back to North of Venus (dam 4) 4-2 > Blue blooded gelded under achiever may awake here- 5-9 > showed much speed in a G1 heat- 6-5 > “agent” Pletcher crosses the border to steal a pot- 7-4 > returns to dirt sprints 8-3 > Bagdad’s family 9-3 > tries turf to dirt trick- 10-4 > can’t high hat the champ - but no cake walk in this millions $$ beware the #6 11-7 dam 3 was a multi-champ in England- By Harry S. Watnik @2013
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 08:51:31 +0000
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