Feb
11
More Questions than Answers
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I worked at home yesterday and watched races on the computer, so I really don’t have much clue as to what happened in some instances.
I do know that RAGS TO RICHES is a rising star. The $1.9 A. P. Indy filly had everything against her yet still won the Las Virgennes. She was stepping up to meet Grade I company off a maiden win; she was trying two turns for the initial time; she was stuck outside (eight post) going a flat mile. Despite losing tons of ground on both turns, she still ran down loose-on-the-lead BARONESS THATCHER under hot-riding Garrett Gomez. The time wasn’t fancy but she acts like something special…make her the early favorite for the Kentucky Oaks.
Give credit to Michael “Whitey” McCarthy, whose 45 days in the sun as a head trainer are now over with the return of Todd Pletcher. He has done a great job with Pletcher’s West Coast string and puts a Grade I win on his resume. Congratulations.
In the other Grade I, the Santa Maria Handicap, SUGAR SHAKE was handed an easy lead when speedy SEAFREE broke in the air and lost all chance. ‘SHAKE took advantage of very soft splits to post her second stakes win of the meet for Bobby Frankel, who is inching closer to Charlie Whittingham’s all-time win mark at Santa Anita.
Three more winners for Gomez (48 for the meet, 12 in front of nearest “rival”) and two for Richard Migliore. That means super agent Ron Anderson batted .500 yesterday as his two jocks won five of the 10 races on the card.
A note at the bottom of the program read that maiden winner ABALANCHE (6th race) is a Bi-Lateral Cryptorchid. I’ve never heard the term and tried looking it up in the dictionary. Does anyone have a clue what that term means?
Watching the Risen Star from Fair Grounds on computer was quite an adventure. NOTIONAL looked good but it was impossible to tell how much trouble CIRCULAR QUAY encountered behind the fallen horse. I will watch it again on RaceReplays.com, but what was your opinion?
As the title says, more questions than answers this time around.
We finally got that rain that had been forecast for the last few days. It’s raining at Santa Anita on Sunday morning, so I would fully expect races 2 and 4 to come off the turf. Good luck today.
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Pedroza laid down a pro ride in the 8th on Golden Wager. He came back on the rail inside after being passed about a length and a half, never gave up, kept riding, and got up. Not many riders are able to do that.