3/5 (HOU): Maxxam Gold Cup H.
 

9th (10:28) Maxxam Gold Cup H.

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Harmonizer Garcia Alan 114 L
2 Fifteen Love Chacaltana J 115 L
3 Schramsberg Landeros C 121 L
4 Black Hills Hamilton Q 117 L
5 Barrier Reef Tejera E A 113 L
6 Red Lead Shepherd J 117 L
7 Stachys Martin E M Jr 120 L
8 Join in the Dance Bridgmohan S X 114 L
9 Z Humor Melancon G 116 L
10 Max Me Out Theriot H J II 117 L
11 Glamour Guy Graham J 114 L

A-Coupled: Fifteen Love and Barrier Reef

I'm more excited about this race than I am the Gotham.

Maybe I should have whispered that, huh?

Nice little race for SHRP...

Although he hasn't won a graded event since the Delta Jackpot, Z Humor has won stakes now at 4, 5 and 6. Clever front end ride by Melancon as the DistHumor bay approaches the $1,000,000 mark in earnings: 34/6-2-8 ($970k).

Goes to show you just how sorry the handicap divison has been. If you avoid the one or two 105 plus BSF horses you can cherry pick a bunch of stakes with very marginal talent.

I liked Z Humor from the time he was 2. Has been managed very nicely to maximize his earnings potential.