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Week Begins with Carryover
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With four double-digit winners in the Pick Six, it’s no surprise that we have a carryover of more than $115,000 into Thursday’s card. RAZI’S STAR ($58.80) pulled off the biggest upset of the day for the Rosales-Portillo team, giving both trainer and jockey their first wins of the session.
There were four horses covered into the last race but when first-time starter C’S SMOKIN ($39.00) got the victory, there were no winning P6 tickets. It seems like trainer Mark Tsagalakis pulls off at least one major upset a year with a first-time starter and he struck today despite ‘SMOKIN’s very average work tab.
A back-to-back riding double for Richard Migliore (ONE DIXIE and EASY OBSESSION) and two training wins for Jeff Mullins, who is rounding back up to his normal high percentage. Mullins again showed that he is one of the best first-off-the-claim trainers when NORWAY HOUSE edged DOVER DERE. And congratulations to Nick “Sarge” Hines on getting another victory with EASY OBSESSION, who is clearly a much better horse on the main track.
Does any trainer send out more last-place horses than Steve Knapp? Every time I look up one of his steeds is staggering home lengths behind the field. How this 9% trainer won the title at the ’05 Oak Tree meet remains one of the greatest mysteries in my 20 years on the circuit.
They drew for the Big Cap today and Lava Man (post 7) has been installed as the 4/5 morning line favorite. This is one of the weakest fields in Big Cap history. He has these over a barrel if he brings anything close to his A-game.
Can anyone explain to me why trainer Bill Currin is so anxious to ship STORMELLO cross country to run against the No.1 ranked 3-year-old in the country? I will be VERY surprised if he runs well against Nobiz Like Showbiz and company in Saturday’s Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Good luck on tomorrow’s carryover.
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