Mr. Graham Motion sure seems an interesting guy, that is to say he has an interesting stable and clientele. I was reminder of that after watching the 11th race @ Mth today. The $150K Matchmaker for Fillies & Mares.


Motion's entry was Touriga for owner Kiyoshi Maekawa is listed as a 4 y/o. This gal hasn't raced since Oct 2018 and that was in South America. Argentina I believe (GVA?). How

So trainer Motion has been working her regularly since mid May. So entering her today seems a confident move. Then Joe Bravo and circumstance keep her boxed in the whole race. The race went very slow to boot she only got beat a couple of lengths and literally had no where to go.

I'm putting her on my watch list and expect her to be overlooked by most of the crowd next out. The negative ... getting boxed in a three horse 1+1/8 M turf race?