Apr
8
Easter Egg Hunt for Adults
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Tomorrow morning will be the traditional Easter egg hunt for the kids, but tomorrow afternoon is for the adults. Specifically, adults who love to bet the horses and shoot for Pick Six carryovers of $574,000. TIAGO ($60.60) got the ball rolling in the Santa Anita Derby, followed by longshots SUPER FREAKY ($19.80) and MAKTUB ($54.00), then two more double-digit winners in ICY ATLANTIC ($12.00) and THREEATONCE ($10.80). By the time PRIMAL CAT ($7.20) won the last as the second choice, the damage had already been done. In fact, it was announced with two races remaining that no tickets were alive. Never seen that happen before.
The crowd of 56,810 on crowd (helped by the spinners who came to get multiple free tee-shirts) contributed nearly 25% to the total handle of $24,335,478 and saw great racing all day long. SMOKEY STOVER manhandled his small field in the Potrero Grande, cruising home nearly five in front while running 1:14.83. Good thing BORDONARO passed and is shipping to Oaklawn for Friday’s Count Fleet. No one was going to beat ‘STOVER, who looks like the best sprinter in the country right now while taking the place of ill-fated LOST IN THE FOG for the Aleo-Gilchrist team…TIAGO closed from next-to-last to run down an exhausted KING OF THE ROXY (nice colt but doesn’t want to run nine furlongs) in the final 30 yards. The winner is lightly-raced and still developing, so I guess he should be given some kind of longshot chance in Kentucky. SAM P. was too close to the early pace after adding blinkers, while LIQUIDITY was a major disappointment after getting a gorgeous stalking trip. As he breezed to the lead at the 1/4-pole with Corey Nakatani looking all around for competition, I said, under my breath, that the Derby was over. Boy was I wrong. LIQUIDITY hit the wall in mid-stretch and ran himself right out of serious Derby consideration, and Doug O’Neill went from four contenders to two in one afternoon after COBALT BLUE was distanced in the Illinois Derby. Hope next weekend is better with GREAT HUNTER in the Blue Grass…O’Neill snapped right back when SUPER FREAKY took the Providencia…ICY ATLANTIC got up to nail EL ROBLAR on the wire in the Arcadia to round out the stakes action in Arcadia…three wins on the day for Jon Court, two for Ramon Dominguez and two for Richard Migliore. However, Migliore’s good day could have been great had he won the close ones on ‘ROXY and ‘ROBLAR.
From around the country: Todd Pletcher had another dominant day, winning a maiden race with expensive PAVAROTTIÂ at Santa Anita, the Arcadia with ‘ATLANTIC, the Excelsior at Aqueduct with MAGNA GRADUATE, the Illinois Derby with COWTOWN CAT and the Oaklawn Handicap with LAWYER RON; runner-up finishes in the SA Derby, Ashland Stakes at Keeneland (OCTAVE) and a third with ANY GIVEN SUNDAY in Wood Memorial. What a stable, what great help. They ship out of Southern California for Kentucky on Tuesday.
Still don’t know what to make of NOBIZ LIKE SHOBIZ. He added blinkers and took the Wood by a half-length over SIGHTSEEING, with ANY GIVEN SUNDAY “bouncing” to the moon and running third after his gut-wrencher at Tampa three weeks ago. ‘BIZ was in a tough spot down inside the entire way and held gamely through the lane while running straight. But he never seems to be relaxed early and makes things tougher on himself than necessary. It just seems like he should be more professional at this stage of the game.
Get ready for the Easter Sunday card. I will be adding a Pick Six play to my Premium Plays, so get armed to attack this tough card.
Good luck and Happy Easter.
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