7/9 (HOL): Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), Swaps (G2)
 

4th (2:34) Swaps S. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles (All Weather Track) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Runflatout Gomez G K 112 L
2 Spud Spivens Quinonez A 114 L
3 Coil Garcia M 118 L
4 Uncle Sam Bejarano R 114 L
5 Dreamy Kid Talamo J 114 Blk-On L
6 Boxeur des Rues Rosario J 114 L



8th (4:37) Hollywood Gold Cup H. (G1)

1 1/4 Miles (All Weather Track) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $500,000

1 Twirling Candy Rosario J 122 L
2 Miss Match (ARG) Talamo J 110 L
3 Setsuko Espinoza V 115 L
4 Game On Dude Sutherland C 118 L
5 Awesome Gem Flores D R 116 L
6 Soul Candy Gomez G K 114 L
7 First Dude Garcia M 116 L
8 Dark Cove Bejarano R 115 L

No Aggie Engineer, but Awesome Gem a Gold Cup go..

Fingers crossed for the superfecta

Cool!

Perfect for Twirling Candy. Now he can actually win by going wire-to-wire.

Of course, if they try and strangle him back, expect a replay of the Big Cap.

Nothing like betting the pass line and don't pass line.

It's remarkable how overrated he has become. Not that he isn't a good horse, but the chances of him winning a competitive race at 1 1/4 are about zero.

Not that is saying all that much(it is 2011) but CLEARLY Twirling Candy is the fastest and classiest horse in training. He has already distinguished himself as capable of winning at Sprint distance beating arguably the best sprinter in the land save himself and 9f's

That's funny, for a lot of reasons, but mostly because he beat Smiling Tiger last year...you know, when he had already proven he wasn't the best sprinter in the land...

In that idiotic race....the Malibu.

Freddy is allowed to flip-flop. No one else.

First Dude is training extremely well.

I'll take Dark Cove at a price in the Hollywood Gold Cup.

I was thinking the same thing, Hoss.

I wonder why they've sat on him since the Alysheba. There's been quite a few spots for him since then.

He has a lot of improving to do considering he's the only horse in there from the Big Cap that didn't finish in front of Twirling Candy.

The lack of pace makes me think Baffert might call an audible and send this horse to the lead again to set it up for Game On Dude.

Setsuko.

I prefer It's In the Air Tonight.

I like the 1/8 exacta.

I love this horse.

http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/blog...otally-awesome

I haven't looked at the Gold Cup PP's yet - but look who finished 6th in Dark Cove's last race. Yikes.

$25,000 claimer @ PID

I don't think the horse I bet has finished yet, so this isn't sour grapes. But I have to think Setsuko might have been a little closer at the finish if Espinoza rode the race like there were other horses other than Twirling Candy in there. He should have been where First Dude was.

Yep - and he ran 4th as the 4th choice in the betting - in that 25K claimer at PID today.

He will be tough when they drop him in for 10K.

Thanks for the kudos everyone. Have a nice day. :)

Did anyone here get ANY hugs growing up?

No....just a belt and a tire iron.

I preferred the tire iron.

ASU and I are both Jews.

We can't help ourselves.

What are the odds that "the Sarg" is gunna make it to 50?