richiebee Wrote:
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> Another perfect morning, decent attendance for a
> Sunday, and a typical
> PJ \"manes and tails\" card. I will try to be as
> concise as Frank D, which
> should be easy as I only stayed for 5 races.
>
> First: The presence of 1/5 Pletch/Ward entry made
> this a non bettable race for
> many. Maggie made a rare appearance and gave
> capsule observations of many of
> the new shooters. Maggie said that Rainbow Dreams
> still had some growing to do;
> I seem to recall this one making a brief middle
> move, will not cost me
> much of anything to follow.
>
> Second: JB negative on the Clement 6/5 favorite
> and the race produced a $22
> mutuel.
>
> Third: JB negative on the two favorites, but the
> eventual favorite and winner,
> Backdown, had as large a TG edge on his
> competition as any runner on the day;
> also had a perfect trip.
>
> Fourth: JB generally positive on the winner here.
> JB and Topcat did nicely
> here with Roy Lehman\'s Arsenal getting into the
> exacta and almost winning,
> with Topcat giving a strong stretch call for the
> Jerry Grote (1-5) exacta.
>
> Fifth: JB characterized this as a chaos race. Most
> thought that Pletcher\'s
> Citizen Emma was a vulnerable fave at 6/5 from the
> outside post. I held a
> ticket in the P4 alive to four of these. Longshot
> Mariel and Kathy put token
> pressure on Emma, setting up the cavalry charge. D
> Wayne\'s Broken Spell broke
> DWL out of his Spa funk and busted my P4 ticket.
> The second and third
> place finishers, Always Kitten and J\'Esprit,
> showed promise in their first
> starts.
>
> Sixth: JB liked two long shots, Miami Cat and
> Balance the Budget.
>
> Seventh: Labeled a Chaos race, but it was more
> Dominquez, more Chad Brown, and
> the resulting short mutuel.
>
> Eighth: JB negative on Center Court. Short field,
> short priced winner.
>
> Ninth: JB positive on Royal Sighting and Caviar N
> Champagne. My personal
> opinion is that RoySight needs to go back to turf,
> will bet then.
>
> Tenth: JB liked the winner, who was 9/2 ML but 2/1
> after scratches. Good
> breakdown by JB of trainer Jacobson\'s success with
> \"dirt,short rest,sprint\"
> runners; JB called him an \"old fashioned claiming
> trainer\". JB\'s point well
> taken, as the new (last five years) NYRA features
> a prototypical horse which
> will start 9-12 times per year with at least half
> of those starts turf, so
> short/dirt/back quickly runners are a vanishing
> breed.
>
> Again, can\'t say enough about the knowledge shared
> by JB, the camaraderie of
> fellow TGenerates and the venue provided for the
> Forum by Carolina Cue.
> Carolina Cue p.r. man Frank \"Frankie BrewPub\" D
> will be happy to know the
> patio area behind the Cue was crowded with
> satisfied diners throughout the day.
The \"Richard Marvin Butkus\" 5-1 exacta would have been better for me, but no complaints, whatsoever.
