girly Wrote:
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[b][color=#FF0000]> What do you all think about the Alabama Stakes?
> I'd like to see Octave win. Any thoughts about
> good tri pics and your rational?[/color][/b]

I'm not certain which fillies are going to run yet.

However, if my information is correct there are a total of 19 fillies nominated. Of those 19, 5 are trained by...."you guessed it"...Eyeballin the shed row out of the corners of his eyes "Sneaky Peek Plech". The man ran 5 colts in a 20 horse derby field and came up a little shy, but he's got 5 in here with only 19 fillies entered so maybe the odds are a little more in his favor this time.

But not so fast! Here are his five:

Cotton Blossom;
Mini Sermon;
Octave;
Panty Raid; and
Rags to Riches.

However if Cotton Blossom goes they'll have to consider the Memorial Plech "Playing with Pain" award for her because she darn ripped her hoof off in her last. I think they are trying to save her for breeding and though shes somewhat likely to throw a gimp, Plech can always use another horse to replenish the ranks of the fallen and/or over-medicated, as the case may be.

Mini Sermon looks kinda like a New York Bred to me, but with Sneaky Peek, there really is No such thing as a "New York Bred Slow Rat". Shes been raced a little shorter, probably in consideration of her Pedigree, but he did nominate her, so here she is. (They say she's from Virginia, but I ain't buying it.)

Octave has never missed the perfecta and she won at the distance and at the track. She comes in with the patented "just long enough to tamper with" layoff, so she figures to be effective. But at times with logical resumes, also comes hidden opportunity.

Panty Raid comes in winning at the distance in a Grade I, albeit on the grass. But shes on a little winning streak of her own and also has a win at the track. She also won the Black Eyed Susan.

Rags to Riches is still deciding if she really wants to run again and the stable elected to pass this spot. Still dont think she ran fast in the Belmont, but she did run quick late and seems to have something going on they can't put their finger on.

So where are we? Ahhhh, a betting strategy! Octave is certainly a very pretty soft looking grey color. I bet her nose is like the most plush velvet and she certainly looks secure to finish first or second again doesn't she? Or does she?

CtMC