How fast was it? (1083 Views)
Posted by:
Michael D. (IP Logged)
Date: July 29, 2007 10:45AM
the Whitney -
when a 29-1 Kee and slop loving speedball comes in 2nd and the 24-1 longshot closer comes in last, and a 14-1 speedball comes in 4th and a 9-1 closer comes in 2nd to last, you immediately start to look for a bias. when you go through all the horses, there was indeed a bias towards the speed/stalker types. the track was super fast for that race for some reason.
hate to redboard after the bad pick in the 7th, but Lawyer Ron was ready to explode. he was a negative 1 type last year before Pletcher got him (could be a negative 3 without Pletcher), and he had the negative '2' in his 1M prep. made me think a negative '4' or '5' was well within his reach stretching to 9F, especially given the five weeks of nutrients and conditioning.
as for the sprint, Diabolical certainly is the real deal. Attila is honest, possibly even great with Velazquez up. nice close from Simon. interesting comparing Benny's TG figs vs the Beyers. made the 5/2 look short. also interesting comparing Ginger's negative 2 vs the 104 Beyer in the f&m race.
good day for NYRA, though I would rather see the good ones spread out a bit, especially if it precludes a Sunday with four straight state bred races.