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9/7 (Mon) - Saratoga season comes to a close :-( It seems like it was just the other day that Saratoga season started. Amazingly, time flew by so fast that another successful racing season is now in the history books! The Hopeful is the final huge race that reminds us that Saratoga has been fun and that we're hopeful for another great crop of horses for next year! Unlike last year, horse racing fans definitely had ALL THE FUN and enjoyed going to the track in person with family and friends. In these uncertain times, it was great to experience something that's much more positive!
Congrats to jockey Luis Saez and Chad Brown for winning the Saratoga jockey and training titles respectively. As always, there is a TON of competition at Saratoga, and it' takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and talent and skill to win these titles! Kudos to both! "Everyone" (involved in the horse racing industry) worked super hard throughout the Saratoga racing season! Keep up the good work. :-)
I was especially pleased to see Essential Quality win in person! We have the Breeders' Cup Classic to look forward to in early November.
8/29 (Sun) - Post Travers Comments CONGRATULATIONS to Essential Quality, trainer Brad Cox, jockey Luis Saez, and to all the winning connections! Again, EQ proved to be the BEST OF THE BEST! With his impeccable record of 8 out of 9 career wins, he definitely deserves to be the HORSE OF THE YEAR!!! His only loss was finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby, and he only lost by a length.
Compared to the earlier races, EQ became stronger and stronger as he got older and he won recent races with more ease! He sat second to Midnight Bourbon throughout the race and just whizzed by MB at the finish line. EQ could have won by a larger margin; if he wanted to!
In my analysis, I stated that Keepmeinmind COULD be tired from the Jim Dandy race. It turns out that he WAS tired and had a lackluster performance. Also, I was impressed with Midnight Bourbon. Not only did he take the lead, but he looked strong throughout. Having raced back in mid-July, MB had more rest than Keepmeinmind; thus, a better performance. Bottom line, it was an AMAZING Travers race and EQ proved to be the absolute best! EQ's next goal is to win the Breeders' Cup Classic in the first week of November!
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8/22 (Sun) - Post Alabama Comments As I stated, the situation was VERY similar to the Whitney Handicap where Knicks Go won easily. Both Knicks Go and Malathaat stretched out an extra eighth of a mile. Sometimes horses with LOTS of speed get tired out and aren't capable of winning such long distance races!
Not too surprisingly, Todd Pletcher and Johnny V. were a tough combo. Malathaat redeemed himself by winning easily! Took a chance with Maracuja who beat him in the previous race. Maracuja couldn't repeat a similar performance and faded. Clairiere, who finished third in the previous race against them, got the second prize this time. Bottom line, having run a longer race, Malathaat improved off his previous race! He was practically bet down to 1 to 2 odds! So, the public had LOT of confidence in him! Kudos to Malathaat and to the winning connections!
I used Maracuja AND Malathaat on top in exactas. Sometimes we have to do this for a possible better price!
KNICKS GO -- 2021 WHITNEY WINNER
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MALATHAAT -- 2021 ALABAMA STAKES WINNER
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8/15 (Sun) - Post Fourstardave Comments Jockey Tyler Gaffalione guided Got Stormy pretty well. A 6-1 morning line odds horse wins by a few lengths at 13-1 odds! As I pointed out in my analysis, I do think that the weight factor helped a lot! I thought she was a good semi-long shot and didn't expect her to win easy enough! In the previous race, she only lost by 3 lengths to Casa Creed. When you have a horse that loses only by 3 or 4 lengths of each other in the same race, you SHOULD include that horse in your selections...even if the odds are much higher! It is because a horses 'could' improve off that performance; especially is there is lesser weight. Kudos to Got Stormy and the winning connections! My top selection came in second! If you played $1 exacta box (cost $6) with my 3 top selections, you would have gotten $86. Casa Creed came in third. Had the triple too...if my top 4 selections were triple-boxed.
All I knew was that Raging Bull didn't deserve to be the favorite, and I wasn't thrilled about him. Blowout (finished 4th) did beat Raging Bull (finished 6th)!!! Sometimes it is tough for us to go against top trainers (in this case, Chad Brown) especially in a huge Stakes race!
8/7 (Sat) - Post Whitney Comments Kudos to Knicks Go for going wire-to-wire and winning the grade 1 Whitney Handicap! With a speed favoring track today, jockey Joel Rosario rated him well and held off others to win easily. Long shots won the race before and the race after....but not THIS race!
Maxfield ran well and finished second. Silver State came in third! Moral of the story....Sometimes you have to go with a long shot when you think has a very good chance to win! Can't play favorites all the time!
ENJOYING THE ATMOSPHERE!
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7/31 (Sat) - Jim Dandy Comments In a short field of 6 horses, Essential Quality (Belmont Stakes winner) is favored at 1-2 odds. EQ will be ridden by Luis Saez and is trained by Brad Cox. The question is: Will EQ win easily, or will it be closer than what we think? If EQ wins the race, personally, I can't see any other horse coming in second except Masqueparade, Weyburn, or Keepmeinmind! Time will tell. :-)
7/18 (Sun) - Diana Race Comments It was pretty tough for me to go against Chad Brown's Lemista yesterday in the Diana Handicap; especially because it would have been Chad's seventh Diana win, had he won the race. As predicted, it was too much competition for Lemista that he finished last. I actually debated about using Summer Romance for third, but, considering that Lemista lost to Harvey's Lil Goil by less than a length only, I had to select Lemista for at least third. It was disappointing with Harvey's Lil Goil, but I did use both Althiqua and Harvey in exactas and triples with all horses that I listed. For the triple, I used all horses for third. Without the favorite, I thought the prices would be a little higher, but, it's just the way the calculations work! The Great Britain horse, Althiqua, ran heck of a race and finished strong! Luis Saez gave Summer Romance a very nice ride; almost won. In the past, some of the very good horses from Europe didn't do as well in United States. This win is a good start! :-)
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