6/26 (BEL): Mother Goose S. (G1)

[Alan07]

9th (5:16) Mother Goose S. (G1)

1 1/16 Miles | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $250,000

1 Biofuel Da Silva E R 121 L 5/1
2 Ailalea Prado E S 121 L 3/1
3 Devil May Care Velazquez J R 121 L 6/5
4 Connie and Michael Maragh R 121 L 7/2
5 Katy Now Desormeaux K J 121 L 8/1

[Sightseek]

Not a soft spot to try Biofuel on the dirt. Nice race.

[ateamstupid]

Belmont is liable to shatter the record for most five-horse filly/mare graded stakes in a meet.

[RolloTomasi]

I know its a bit more than she should probably be chewing coming off just a 6f allowance since November, but I think Katy Now will pull the upset.

Her 2yo form suggests she's more of a route type, improving with distance each start culminating with a maiden victory at 7f. She had previously chased Devil May Care in that one's maiden win over the slop at Saratoga, and finished very strongly (DMC was well clear, however). She won what's generally considered an important allowance on that big day of 2yo racing in November at CD. In the field was subsequent Grade 3 winner No Such Word. Showed a lot of speed in her comeback which suggests she may be in the garden spot right behind frontrunner Connie And Michael.

The latter apparently had a less than stellar work for this race (according to the DRF), getting out badly and having to be ridden aggressively. She's tanked in her two stakes appearances anyways. I don't think much of Ailalea, she seems to have hit her ceiling at the Grade 3 level. Biofuel has never started on dirt and perhaps is hurt by the pace scenario. Devil May Care should win, but as has been mentioned sometimes starts against males can derail a filly's form, which in Devil May Care's case was a bit spotty to begin with.

With all that said, since people will be looking to beat Devil May Care, I presume Katy Now won't be much of a price anyways.

[letswastemoney]

Can Connie and Michael go this far?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Can Connie and Michael go this far?

It's worth reading this little blurb about her last work.

'Connie' breezes for Mother Goose

Maragh was at Belmont on Monday morning to work Connie and Michael for Saturday's Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes. He had to use his whip more on her than he did Friend or Foe.

While Connie and Michael worked a fast five furlongs in 1:00.03 over the main track, Maragh had to hit the filly right-handed a couple of times at the sixteenth pole as she attempted to drift out. But Connie and Michael quickly straightened out and galloped out six furlongs in 1:12.66, seven-eighths in 1:26.81, and pulled up a mile in 1:42.22.

"It seems like she got a lot out of the work, it should definitely move her forward," Maragh said.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/114089.html

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I know its a bit more than she should probably be chewing coming off just a 6f allowance since November, but I think Katy Now will pull the upset.

Her 2yo form suggests she's more of a route type, improving with distance each start culminating with a maiden victory at 7f. She had previously chased Devil May Care in that one's maiden win over the slop at Saratoga, and finished very strongly (DMC was well clear, however). She won what's generally considered an important allowance on that big day of 2yo racing in November at CD. In the field was subsequent Grade 3 winner No Such Word. Showed a lot of speed in her comeback which suggests she may be in the garden spot right behind frontrunner Connie And Michael.

The latter apparently had a less than stellar work for this race (according to the DRF), getting out badly and having to be ridden aggressively. She's tanked in her two stakes appearances anyways. I don't think much of Ailalea, she seems to have hit her ceiling at the Grade 3 level. Biofuel has never started on dirt and perhaps is hurt by the pace scenario. Devil May Care should win, but as has been mentioned sometimes starts against males can derail a filly's form, which in Devil May Care's case was a bit spotty to begin with.

With all that said, since people will be looking to beat Devil May Care, I presume Katy Now won't be much of a price anyways.

Can I book your bet?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Can I book your bet?

What kinda odds you putting up?

[GBBob]

Just give me a decent 3 yr old please..my god

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

What kinda odds you putting up?

I think the ML is pretty accurate...

[RockHardTen1985]

She has a ton of talent, something seems off though.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

She has a ton of talent, something seems off though.

Do you read your posts before hitting submit? I'm sure you know exactly what your post(s) is about, but the rest of us aren't mind readers. It's like you are having a conversation with yourself and randomly throw one of your comments, completely out of context, onto the board.

Who are you talking about? Biofuel? Connie and Michael? Devil May Care?

BTW, I thought Connie and Michael ran a very game race.

[letswastemoney]

Connie and Michael is strange....she begins to fade looking like she's going to finish up the track...then she comes on again as if she wasn't that tired after all.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Connie and Michael is strange....she begins to fade looking like she's going to finish up the track...then she comes on again as if she wasn't that tired after all.

This tends to happen quite a bit when a given horse passes another horse on the way to making a significant big against (either) the winner (or a horse that's very strong at that point). After the run Biofuel put in against the winner, she figured to come back a bit late.

On the one hand, I lose a ton of exactas (and tris) this way and it steams the **** out of me (when a horse I've passed early in the stretch comes back and gets me late). On the other, we wouldn't want a jock to be out there for 2nd money, so I can understand when they try to beat a horse that's just too strong for them and bury their horse in the process.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

This tends to happen quite a bit when a given horse passes another horse on the way to making a significant big against (either) the winner (or a horse that's very strong at that point). After the run Biofuel put in against the winner, she figured to come back a bit late.

On the one hand, I lose a ton of exactas (and tris) this way and it steams the **** out of me (when a horse I've passed early in the stretch comes back and gets me late). On the other, we wouldn't want a jock to be out there for 2nd money, so I can understand when they try to beat a horse that's just too strong for them and bury their horse in the process.

NO way. I can't imagine that.