3/1 (TP): John Battaglia Memorial S.

[Kasept]

10th (5:22) John Battaglia Memorial S.

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

1 1 Poker Player Hill C Catalano Wayne M 124 Blk-On L 9-2
2 2 Solitary Ranger Geroux F Catalano Wayne M 124 L 5-1
3 3 Canzoni Jimenez A Pletcher Todd A 118 L 4-1
4 4 Emmett Park Wydick L A Pincins Robert J 118 L 12-1
5 5 Red River Rising Vazquez R A Gorder Kellyn 118 L 15-1
6 6 Laddie Boy Castanon J L Peery Chuck 118 L 6-1
7 7 Kids Rule Sarvis D A Stidham Michael 118 L 15-1
8 8 General Jack Davis D Maker Michael J 122 Blk-Off L 10-1
9 9 Empower Rose J McLaughlin Kiaran P 118 L 6-1
10 10 Chester's Park Creed B Godsey C Marshall 118 L 12-1
11 11 Harry's Holiday Prescott R Maker Michael J 122 L 8-1

Exacta / Trifecta / 10 cent Superfecta / Daily Double

[pmayjr]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

Since there's no thread started for the Battaglia Memorial today at Turfway, there's a lot of horses that have potential to move forward via this race. Like a lot of the ALW winners that have been entered in the Southwest and Risen Star should've been entered in here as a litmus test before trying a major prep. Seems like a good test race for a lot of these to see if they go for a major prep later this month/next month.

The one that sticks out to me the most is Poker Player. Catalano has kept him mainly on turf, but with that breeding, I think he could really do damage going long on dirt.

Hey neato! There's a thread now lol (thanks Steve). Anyway, I'm not sure if Poker Player gets it done today, but no matter the result I think Catalano has a lot of options with him going forward.

I'd go Poker Player with Harry's Holiday (sorry if it seems like I have a Harlan's Holiday bias) and Kids Rule underneath. I don't think you're gonna get that 15-1 ML price on Kids Rule. I think he'll be about half that

[tanner12oz]

I'm not familiar with poker player but waaaaay far back..like tiz a minister far back...goof performance for solitary ranger

[pmayjr]

was at work and finally saw the replay, not sure how the heck Poker Player got that far back. He's usually not THAT deep of a closer. Hopefully gonna chalk it up to the layoff? But I wouldn't mind seeing Channing Hill losing the mount. At what point do you show a little more urgency?