Mar
8
Milestones
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Yesterday marked two major milestones: Bobby Frankel tying the legendary Charlie Whittingham for career wins at Santa Anita and Aaron Gryder hitting the 3,000 victory mark. Both are major, particularly Frankel’s achievement. He tied the mark with promising LES GRANDS TROIS in the 7th race, giving him 869 victories at the Great Race Place. The 65-year-old conditioner obviously has many good years left, so he might be able to put this record out of sight.
Gryder won the finale with PRESSTHEPACE to hit the 3,000 mark. Although what little on-track crowd there was (4,298 to be exact) had already dispersed, two jockeys stayed behind after unsaddling to shake Gryder’s hand and participate in picture-taking ceremonies. Richard Migliore and Jon Court. Not surprising, these are two the classiest guys on the circuit. By the way, Migliore has commited to stay through Del Mar, which is great news for horseplayers.
Another milestone, of a more dubious nature: Take away win machine BETTERSWEETMOMENT and Steve Knapp had saddled 62 straight losers…just awful. Statistics provided, as usual, by Brad Free of DRF.
Hot trainer Jorge Periban scored another victory when UDRIGA took the the downhill 6th race in wire-to-wire fashion. He recently took over her training from Ruben Cardenas, who has been ill with stomach problems.
HRTV and Churchill Downs are joining forces as the exclusivity contracts between Churchill-owned tracks and TVG run out. More on this later but it should make for interesting times in the broadcast and account wagering arenas.
My six-day trifecta streak (on Premium Play sheet) ended yesterday. Time to start another one today.
To view a Free Sample of yesterday’s Premium Plays, click on the link below: Premium Plays for Mar. 7
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