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02-18-2013, 08:37 PM
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2/23 (GP): Fountain of Youth, Canadian Turf, Davona Dale (G2's)
(Post Time: 4:35) Surface: Dirt
Davona Dale S. 1 1/16 Miles | Fillies | 3 Year Olds | G2 STAKES | Purse: $250,000 PP HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER CLAIM $ EQUIP. MED. 1 Private Ensign J. Castellano 116 Lbs D. Romans - L 2 Lady Banks J. Rocco, Jr. 116 Lbs R. Lawrence, Jr. - L 3 Dreaming of Julia J. Velazquez 122 Lbs T. Pletcher - L 4 Live Lively J. Rosario 116 Lbs M. Hennig - L 5 Twice Told Tale E. Prado 116 Lbs R. Nicks - L (Post Time: 5:05) Surface: Turf Canadian Turf S. 1 Mile | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up | G3 STAKES | Purse: $150,000 PP HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER CLAIM $ EQUIP. MED. 1 Joes Blazing Aaron J. Velazquez 117 Lbs E. Kenneally - L 2 Beau Choix L. Saez 117 Lbs B. Tagg - L 3 Howe Great J. Rosario 117 Lbs H. Motion - L 4 Data Link J. Castellano 123 Lbs C. McGaughey III - L 5 Cash Rules E. Trujillo 119 Lbs D. Fawkes - L 6 Empire Builder J. Castanon 117 Lbs L. Duco - L 7 Global Power P. Lopez 119 Lbs J. Gibson - L 8 Scatman E. Prado 117 Lbs W. Mott - L 9 Night Party S. Sellers 117 Lbs P. Huffman - L 10 Za Approval J. Bravo 117 Lbs C. Clement - L MTO Gourmet Dinner S. Madrid 119 Lbs B. Brown - L (Post Time: 5:35) Surface: Dirt Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S. 1 1/16 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds | G2 STAKES | Purse: $400,000 PP HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER CLAIM $ EQUIP. MED. 1 Orb J. Velazquez 116 Lbs C. McGaughey III - L 2 Joshua's Comprise E. Prado 116 Lbs B. Rose - L 3 Violence J. Castellano 122 Lbs T. Pletcher - L 4 Majestic Hussar L. Saez 116 Lbs E. Kenneally - L 5 Elmutahid J. Bravo 116 Lbs K. McLaughlin - 6 Cerro (IRE) J. Rocco, Jr. 116 Lbs H. Motion - L 7 Sky Captain P. Husbands 116 Lbs M. Casse - L 8 Speak Logistics J. Rosario 116 Lbs E. Plesa, Jr. - L 9 He's Had Enough M. Gutierrez 116 Lbs D. O'Neill - L 10 Falling Sky J. Espinoza 120 Lbs J. Terranova, II - L 11 Sr. Quisqueyano C. Olivero 118 Lbs L. Olivares - L
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02-19-2013, 08:35 PM
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Interested to see how Za Approval fares in his stakes debut. Comes into this awfully sharp. I know he scratched out of the Tampa Bay last Saturday. I wonder if the softer ground had anything to do with that or if he just preferred this spot?
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02-23-2013, 10:22 PM
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Orb 97
Live Lively 96
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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02-24-2013, 07:57 AM
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FWIW, I hand-timed the fractions of both the Fountain of Youth and Davona Dale.
I got 1:09.19 and 1:09.20 in my two tries for the FoY. The official fraction was 1:08.85 I got 1:10.59 and 1:10.64 for the Davona Dale. The official fraction was 1:10.21 I went back and hand-timed fractions from other 8.5f dirt races at GP from earlier days, and I always consistently get times .30 to .45 slower -- which is probably just the camera angle bias. Calling the distances of these races 8.5 furlong races are misleading. They are closer to 9f races because of the huge amount of run-up before the horses get to the timing beam. The 4th quarter mile of these races are run around a turn ... and the final 1/16th are straight-away. I don't have a problem with the 1:08.85 clocking only because it appears consistent with how the other races at 8.5f at GP are clocked. Maybe they gave the FoY a little more run-up than usual to help the outside posts, but all races at this distance seem to get huge run-up anyway.
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