6/12 (CD): Foster (G1); Fleur (G2); Jeff, Regret, Dancer (G3's)

[Alan07]

6th (3:26) Fleur de Lis H. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 Multipass Lezcano J 113 LA
2 Made for Magic Berrio O A 117 L
3 Distinctive Dixie Albarado R J 114 LA
4 Rachel Alexandra Borel C H 124 L
5 Jessica Is Back Gomez G K 116 L



7th (3:57) Jefferson Cup S. (G3)

1 1/16 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Formulaforsuccess Nakatani C S 117 LA
2 Gleam of Hope Baird E T 117 Blk-On LA
3 Asphalt Lezcano J 117 LA
4 Guys Reward Albarado R J 117 LA
5 Scottkeith'skitten Court J K 117 LA
6 Dont Tell Kitten Geroux F 117 LA
7 Lost Aptitude Gomez G K 119 LA
8 Our Douglas Solis A 117 LA
9 Psychic Income Lanerie C J 117 LA



8th (4:29) Northern Dancer S. (G3)

1 1/16 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $125,000

1 Worldly Albarado R J 116 L
2 Crider Bridgmohan S X 116 LA
3 Spoon River Lew Theriot H J II 116 LA
4 Colizeo Gomez G K 116 LA
5 Vow to Wager Mena M 120 LA
6 Prince Will I Am Borel C H 116 LA
7 Max Silverhammer Torres F C 118 LA



9th (4:59) Regret S. (G3)

1 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $125,000

1 Go Ask Alex Court J K 116 L
2 La Gran Bailadora Coa E M 116 LA
3 Caminadora Nakatani C S 116 LA
4 Joharmony Castellano J J 118 LA
5 Queen of the Creek Lezcano J 116 LA
6 Jody Slew Mena M 118 LA
7 Ambitoness Theriot H J II 116 L
8 It's Tea Time Gomez G K 116 LA
9 Queen Hazel Hernandez B J Jr 116 LA
10 Dynazaper Albarado R J 116 LA
11 Beautician Solis A 116 LA
12 Snow Top Mountain Lenclud F 116 LA
13 Laura Babe Borel C H 116 L



10th (5:29) Stephen Foster H. (G1)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $600,000


1 A. U. Miner Torres F C 113 LA
2 Battle Plan Castellano J J 119 LA
3 Giant Oak Bridgmohan S X 115 Blk-On LA
4 Duke of Mischief Coa E M 116 L
5 Arson Squad Lopez P 120 L
6 General Quarters Solis A 120 L
7 Honest Man Lezcano J 115 LA
8 No Advantage Borel C H 117 LA
9 Macho Again Albarado R J 116 Blk-Off LA
10 Demarcation Mena M 115 LA
11 Blame Gomez G K 120 LA

[Fulla Sheets]

Great card

Gomez instead of Desormauex on Lost Aptitude in the Jefferson Cup is interesting.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Fulla Sheets

Great card

Gomez instead of Desormauex on Lost Aptitude in the Jefferson Cup is interesting.

Gomez could be sitting on a gigantic day here. He is riding like **** right now, he def. needs it.

[OldDog]

General Quarters and Blame in the Stephen Foster . . . Oh Yeah!

[ateamstupid]

Who's going to run with Battle Plan early? Honest Man, maybe? Seems like Castellano has a major tactical advantage on Gomez.

[RockHardTen1985]

I dont give GQ much of a shot in here vs the top 2..... Battle Plan has a big edge on Blame IMO, I think this is really chalky....Battle Plan-Blame will run 1-2, just not sure what order yet.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by OldDog

General Quarters and Blame in the Stephen Foster . . . Oh Yeah!

GQ needs to stay on the turf.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Fulla Sheets

Gomez instead of Desormauex on Lost Aptitude in the Jefferson Cup is interesting.

'meaux staying at BEL for Unrivaled Belle in the Phipps.

[golfer]

Originally Posted by Kasept

'meaux staying at BEL for Unrivaled Belle in the Phipps.

After last week, Desormeaux off is an angle I'm going to be watching closely.

[ateamstupid]

JIB can certainly beat Rachel in this spot.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

JIB can certainly beat Rachel in this spot.

I think Im betting her to win If I can get 3-1 or more.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by golfer

After last week, Desormeaux off is an angle I'm going to be watching closely.

8 years too late on this cash cow angle.

[slotdirt]

I'm not completely opposed to Duke of Mischief.

[RockHardTen1985]

Im not sure what the beyer will be, Im assuming not great because of the time compared to Rachel, but Blame IMO ran HUGE. Stacked up wide the entire way, chasing a horse who is supposed to be really good and got away with murder and then to gun him down that way..... Blame is the real, If QR cant get 10f or were to get cooked early Blame is a serious threat. They were super high on Battle Plan, and for Blame to win this race, this way with this setup, was super impressive.

[Indian Charlie]

Am I the only one that didn't think RA looked so fantastic?

To me, she ran basically the same type of race as her previous two.

The only difference being that instead of 10 lengths back to 3rd, it was 10 back to 2nd.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Am I the only one that didn't think RA looked so fantastic?

To me, she ran basically the same type of race as her previous two.

The only difference being that instead of 10 lengths back to 3rd, it was 10 back to 2nd.

the time?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

the time?

What about it?

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Am I the only one that didn't think RA looked so fantastic?

To me, she ran basically the same type of race as her previous two.

The only difference being that instead of 10 lengths back to 3rd, it was 10 back to 2nd.

So you're saying that this field was significantly weaker than the last two she faced? I can't say I agree with that. She dominated every part of the race and snuffed out her competition (weak as it may have been) pretty much one-by-one.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

So you're saying that this field was significantly weaker than the last two she faced? I can't say I agree with that. She dominated every part of the race and snuffed out her competition (weak as it may have been) pretty much one-by-one.

Maybe it was, I dunno.

What I am saying was that it was a long way back behind RA in all three races, to the next horse.

Double digits in the first race back. Something like 5 last time out, then double digits again. If you remove the winner from those first two races, visually speaking, all three of these races look an awful lot alike.

I bet you even the speed figures will not be that far apart either. No doubt this will get the highest figure, but that was to be expected anyways, because of conditioning.

So, in other words, this race really didn't change anything in my opinion.

Yes, the RA of today most likely would have won those two other starts, but not by anything like what we saw today.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Maybe it was, I dunno.

What I am saying was that it was a long way back behind RA in all three races, to the next horse.

Double digits in the first race back. Something like 5 last time out, then double digits again. If you remove the winner from those first two races, visually speaking, all three of these races look an awful lot alike.

I bet you even the speed figures will not be that far apart either. No doubt this will get the highest figure, but that was to be expected anyways, because of conditioning.

So, in other words, this race really didn't change anything in my opinion.

Yes, the RA of today most likely would have won those two other starts, but not by anything like what we saw today.

Hard to believe but I am agreeing with you, your observations are spot on with this one. When Rachel overmatches her opposition, she often looks better than what is truly the case, I liken her to that football team that runs up the score against overmatched opposition, she runs hard to the wire when she is full of confidence and when posed with very little challenges. When the opposition is more on par she wilts, due to the mediocrities that ran against her yesterday it is hard to gauge just how much she improved, I don't think it was as much as most believe.