4/9 (AQU): Wood, Carter (G1's), Comely, Bay Shore (G3's)
 

7th (4:09) Comely S. (G3)

1 Mile | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Hot Summer Saez L 116 L
2 R Holiday Mood Velazquez J R 120 L
3 Her Smile Cohen D 118 L
4 Mysterious Chimes Velasquez C 116 L
5 Ava K. Dominguez R A 120 L
6 Vixen's Roar Castro E 116 L
7 Royal Sighting Prado E S 116 L



8th (4:42) Bay Shore S. (G3)

7 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 Justin Phillip Dominguez R A 116 L
2 Buffum Cohen D 116 L
3 J J's Lucky Train Ferrer J C 118 L
4 Dr Disco Luzzi M J 116 L
5 Harlan's Hello Hill C 116 L
6 Smoke It Right Velasquez C 120 L
7 Vengeful Wildcat Marquez C H Jr 118 L
8 Royal Currier Castro E 118 L



9th (5:15) Carter H. (G1)

7 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $250,000

2 More Than a Reason Castro E 112 L
3 Laysh Laysh Laysh Velasquez C 114 L
4 Kensei Prado E S 116 L
5 Be Bullish Alvarado J 115 L
6 Yawanna Twist Luzzi M J 115 L
7 Apriority Saez L 116 L
8 Independence War Cohen D 114 L
9 Sunrise Smarty Lopez C C 112 L
1 Calibrachoa Dominguez R A 118 L
10 Morning Line Velazquez J R 119 L
1A Have You Ever Santiago V 112 L
11 Fastus Cactus Espinoza J L 113 L

A-Coupled: Calibrachoa and Have You Ever



10th (5:48) Resorts World New York Casino Wood Memorial S. (G1)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000

1 Starship Caesar Velasquez C 123 L
2 Toby's Corner Castro E 123 Blk-On L
3 Full of Scoundrels Lopez C C 123 L
4 Arthur's Tale Dominguez R A 123 L
5 Uncle Mo Velazquez J R 123 L
6 Preachintothedevil Alvarado J 123 L
7 Duca Court J K 123 L
8 Norman Asbjornson Pimentel J 123 L
9 Isn't He Perfect Hill C 123 L
10 Son of Posse Maysonett F 123 L

Yeesh.

At least they got 9 other horses to show up for the Wood.

;)

On the brightside,atleast it should be a good track. No surprises

I actually think the races look pretty good.

The Wood was never going to have any other headliners other than Uncle Mo, and we've known that for months.

1 Starship Caesar Velasquez C 123 L 50/1
2 Toby's Corner Castro E 123 Blk-On L 8/1
3 Full of Scoundrels Lopez C C 123 L 50/1
4 Arthur's Tale Dominguez R A 123 L 12/1
5 Uncle Mo Velazquez J R 123 L 1/5
6 Preachintothedevil Alvarado J 123 L 20/1
7 Duca Court J K 123 L 20/1
8 Norman Asbjornson Pimentel J 123 L 15/1
9 Isn't He Perfect Hill C 123 L 50/1
10 Son of Posse Maysonett F 123 L 99/1


Any chance Mo's gets beat? LOL Wonder what he goes off at?

Looks like a bunch are simply entered for the $5k "bonus" that they get for running in both the Gotham and the Wood... nice field, wow.

Out of the 56 combined lifetimes starts in this field, the four highest bsfs are all from MO.

Pretty good Carter.

Has anybody taken a good look at the Illinois Derby?

So? This is NY. Expectations are higher for a reason.

Yes, both fields suck... take out Uncle Mo and they are equally embarrassing to be considered graded purses for Derby field considerations....

Take Uncle Mo out? OK, but you can't take him out, because he's racing. So your point has no merit.

Good try though.

And the KY Derby favorite is racing.

The Wood is less of my problem. As cards go, it's a disappointment. You need not be a homer. A no comment will suffice. Sometimes it isn't there.

Gotta love the 3 $7,500 claimers on the card too........;)

Exactly. People think I'm an ahole for the heck of it. Whatever I see I say. NY still has its days. This isn't one of them.

Why do you bother?

I made a mistake.

Thank GOD spring is here and grass racing is back.........;)

My point has plenty of merit to those without their NYRA goggles on...

Do you honestly think that if Uncle Mo had not been pointing to that race the field would be the same? I don't.

Of course not... but this is exceptionally weak.

Who the hell wants to face Uncle Mo before the Derby? You can't honestly be blaming NYRA for not getting any other stars in the race.

If you read my original post, I said the fields are awful when not taking Uncle Mo into consideration.. I didn't blame anyone one way or another.

We must be near a big raceday. All of the douches are coming out of the woodwork.

YAY!!!!

Welcome Back!!

It's a fine card in my opinion - what annoys me about it though - is that the Wood Memorial is the only two-turn dirt race on the entire 11-race card.

Basically - you can't trust any speed figure or any pace figure from this race. It's almost pointless to even assign a figure to this race. Especially pace wise.

You've got a big field of lightly raced 3-year-olds without a lot of established route form. A truly worthless situation to assign numbers to a race like this.

These are situations where even final time numbers can sometimes look 8-to-12 points wrong several months later. In terms of judging the pace - you're left playing The Fat Man's game of where did the speeds finish? How did the closers fair? etc. Which is certainly fine in a typical type of race - but can sometimes be misleading in a race like this.

FTFY

Really? What's wrong with the Carter?

It's not being run on synthetic...duh.

In addition to that, anyone who has anything bad to say about the Comely and/or Bay Shore is an idiot. They are both very nice races for G3s worth 150-200k.

This is truly a card that's a breath of fresh air after a long winter. Those that have anything bad to say about it either, haven't been playing Aqu all winter, or simply b.itch about everything.

For $7,500 claimers the purses are very good, >$25k, the fields are full and competitive. Place your bets. If Surfing Ian is on his game he stands out.

Hoping for a better run by/trip for Toby's Corner.

I think he is going to be a solid horse.

I'm eager to see how Morning Line runs.

Motion does well when adding blinkers. He's the deserving 2nd choice.

I think the Carter is going to be a really interesting betting race, alot of horses that could win that one.