Feb
24
Sleepy Friday
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Not a whole lot of note happened at Santa Anita yesterday.
GETBACK TIME dropped back into the allowance ranks and outgamed ARGENTINISIMA late to win the 7th race. What a claim she has proven to be for Rafael Becerra, winning four times and never finishing out of the money in 10 starts for her connections.
Jorge Chavez won a pair, currently running seventh in the rider standings while establishing a spot for himself on this circuit. I didn’t think he had a chance when he first came West but he’s grown on me. He doesn’t look pretty on a horse but gets the job done.
Trainer Roger Stein popped again in the last race of the day, this time with longshot MY MAN SAM ($39.60). He got the money with MEAN HEAT last Sunday and his barn is definitely heating up right now.
After picking great on Thursday (six winners), I hit the brakes yesterday with one top choice winner. So after tying Brad Free at the top of the handicapper standings two days ago, I got left in the dust yesterday when Free exploded for his own six pack…111-106, advantage Free. In a couple tough beats, I picked and bet LANG FIELD in the 2nd (lost to favorite OUT OF CONTROL) and ARGENTINISIMA in the 7th, who ran very well but couldn’t hold off the winner.
It’s time for the stewards to put FORGIVABLE BOB on the vet’s list due to his inability to come out of the gate with his field. He’s broken poorly in six straight races while spotting his field about five lengths each time, so it’s time for the public to be protected. He’s become UN-FORGIVABLE BOB.
The jockeys got whipped by the Holy Angels seventh and eighth graders 43-30 on Thursday night. Coach Kurt Hoover didn’t have much to work with (now that Desormeaux is gone, slim pickings) but ESPN reported that his job is in jeopardy after a number of losses in the last five years. Speculation is that Jerry Tarkanian, Bill Frieder and Bob Boyd will come out of retirement for next year’s game.
Speaking of hoops, congratulations to my alma mater, Occidental College, on winning their second SCIAC championship in the last five years. Despite getting “homered” by the scoring table, Oxy defeated the hated Poets of Whittier in a double OT thriller. On to the Division IIIÂ playoffs.
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