Racing selections 080113 Thursday Del Mar and Saratoga keep pace in Thursday action and before the laundry dries on the line another weekend is rolling around- where does the time go? Baseball players, once filled with the zest of the youth, whom I idolized as a youth are now pushing 80! Beautiful women whose waving hair would stop a runway train now stagger thru the supermarket aisles strapped to their walkers! By the time you rub the sand from your eyes its time to go to sleep again- anyway -hoping to make hay while the sun yet shines -even with one foot in the coffee can -a look at Thursday Saratoga follows- Are these jump horses going a couple of miles to get the afternoon in gear? I have little idea what jumpers are up to and they can always not be able to get over a hazard -so a reasonable assumption may be CERTAIN SWAGGER a Arch gelding who seems to be able to keep its balance- he seems to be improving ever so slightly and the ML is 20/1 which sounds right for this type of exercise- the sire of the 5th dam was Warfare, a pretty good influence in ‘chasers for punters who care to cling to straws in the wind- The Smithwick G1 jump race occupies slot 2 on the program and I figure one of Mr. Sheppard’s many entrants is bound to win - the 10 year old DIVINE FORTUNE comes off a win in a like event- and he has won the Smethwick, a couple of times in the past -so why not a 3rd cup? Maiden sprinters gather for the 3rd heat and I’ll try DEDICATED DEAL -who drops in from a 80K race --on the wrong side of the ledger is a lack of early foot, almost essential in a sprint race- the 3rd dam should be a half sister to eye catching Copernica -the 1st Nijinsky to win over an NYRA oval many years ago at a amazing 25-1!! I was there and she won by 16 lengths!! BERNARDO -tries to break his maiden for the 8th time in heat 4- a son of Flora Danica, who represented the fast clan of My Bupers, who was dam of the very fast My Juliet! Trainer Contessa, has an interesting maiden tackling the inner turf in race 5 -TAPULOUS- and this one stems from full sister to Storm Bird, I suppose- worth a look- at one time this “was the family” and mogul Sangster spent millions trying to milk it- Race 6 is a NY state bred stakes sprint - and I’ll crack the piggy bank for a ducat or two on MINE OVER MATTER who steps in from a 2nd in a similar event at Belmont Park around a month ago -a 5yo by HOY Mineshaft - the ff is that of Comixa (?) a noble broodmare sired by great Colin- KINGSFORD DRIVE -seems to get claimed every time he pokes his head out from his stall and his current guru is Mr. Engelhard - the rider is D. Cohen -who can use a win herein- as for Kingsford Drive his last effort was a top notch win by a goodly margin - he cost 100K as a yearling- ATTRACTIVE RIDE -will try and get 7 furlongs in this tough race- this Candy Ride, gelding has spent most of his time in middle America and his trainer M. Scherer, is a skilled horse person- the jockey R. Albarado, is also highly skilled- Bolingbroke, a famous runner of the war years (WW2) stems from this group of 1-M operatives- Hall of fame Mr. Mott- has a entry which figures to be provocative in this 1 mile inner turf get together- Geisha Gal, whose “granny” won the Spinaway- has pretty good form and steps in off a slight layoff- she has run well at Saratoga course back in 2012- her entry mate is Formative, a lass by life sized Dynaformer- should the rains come and the races moves to the main track EXPRESSION, one of the few Invasor offspring inclined to run a bit would be worth some consideration as well- The nightcap finds YANKEEINDIXIELAND ready to sing - the trainer is D. Romans -who looks to get untracked at the “spa”- this is the family more or less which spawned greatest Ruffian- have a nice day- Arlington 1-6 2-3 3-6 4-1 5-8 6-1 7-4 8-1 9-3 Del Mar 1-2 2-3 3-1 4-8 5-9 6-2 7-3 8-3 Saratoga 1-11 2-1e 3-2 4-7 5-3 6-4 7-1 8-3 9-1e 10-2 H watnik @2013
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:05:04 +0000
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