Friday 1/11: GP R9

[hockey2315]

This came up a very nice race. . .

Einstein should be the favorite but this looks like a prep for longer races. His race on 1/7/07 looks VERY similar to this. . . Coming off a lay-off since the previous May, an ALW at a mile, etc... He finished fourth in that race and my guess would be that this is a higher quality field. He looks like a total play against in here.

The horse I'm particularly interested in is #9 Elusive Fort. He was a multiple G1 winner in South Africa including a G1 win at a mile and is running for Marty Wolfson for the first time. Wolfson has limited stats with first time NAs but he's got very impressive "1stw/trn" and lay-off stats (28 .43 $4.17 and 9 .56 $4.11 respectively). Does anyone know how a G1 in SAF stacks up to races here class wise?

#10 Palace Episode also looks good. He finished 3rd behind Trippi's Storm and After Market in his last race at a mile - the G2 Kelso.

The 4 could also win at a price and the 5 and 11 must be respected. . . I'm not really that crazy about the the Pletcher horse