8/13 (AP): Arlington Million, Beverly D., Secretariat (G1's)

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by JJP

Neither will win.

1 down! Woo hoo, but didnt have dubawi for 2nd. All my exotics were stacelita/river J exacta, same 2 plus 5 horses for tri and supers. After the win bet I barely won anything. But I still have Cape Blanco for a win bet. in the tri n supers i have CP over 1,2,3/ 1,2,3,5,8,9/

[my miss storm cat]

Congrats to anyone who had her on top....

Nice win.

I was wrong.

(... but I still love Ms. Jetez).

[MisterB]

Originally Posted by JJP

Neither will win.

HA HA lol.

[Dahoss]

Not Hayley Turner's finest ride in the Million.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Scav

I've gone through all three races and I'm against Cape Blanco, Stacelita and Treasure Beach.

Treasure Beach: In my opinion he needs more ground then 10 furlongs and he wants to be near the lead. The Arlington course has played well towards closers recently even into slow fractions and I fully expect him to get 'run off his feet' cause I don't see him being able to quicken.

Cape Blanco: Somewhat of the same opinion in that I truly think he wants more ground and he has zero turn of foot. The Million Pace should be fast, certainly sub 50 with Proceed Bee going to be sent. I am far from a Gio fan, matter fact I tried every which way not to use him, but I really feel this race is gonna be a perfect set up for him at a distance that is as far as he can go.

Stacelita: I think she is pace compromised in this race and I'm fully expecting River Jetez to be sitting 2nd/3rd and get first run. She was a great 3 year old and a good 4 year old but just think that she is gonna want longer distance and a cut in the ground and from all accounts it is gonna be firm on Saturday.

As of right now, for me, the decision that I'll be sleeping on is how to attack the card, blunt force drama (River Jetez / Gio DD which would be paying about $24) or to play the multi-races around it these races.

Stellar performance...Although I'll admit I ended up using Stacelita cause of the softer conditions.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Scav

Stellar performance...Although I'll admit I ended up using Stacelita cause of the softer conditions.

Good job Reggie Mush.

[Seattleallstar]

The tri and super paid extremely well for fav 1 and 2..

[my miss storm cat]

Any word on L’Aiglon?

[RolloTomasi]

Useless information:

Ziyarid's last race prior to today was a victory in the Prix Daphnis (a Group 3). I've seen that race for years now in various Euro import PPs. Looked up the race history, and it's a pretty good source of future graded stakes horses in the US.

'84- 1st Palace Music: imported by Allen Paulson, won John Henry, 2nd BC Mile
2nd Seattle Song: won DC International
'86- 1st Thrill Show: won Hollywood Derby and Arcadia for Charlie Whittingham
'91- 2nd Bistro Garden: won Bay Meadows Derby (beat Fraise), 2nd Hollywood Derby
'92- 2nd Rainbow Corner: placed in Eddie Read, John Henry for Bobby Frankel
'93- 3rd Fastness: won Eddie Read 2x, 2nd BC Mile
'94- 2nd Kaldouneeves: 2nd Man O War
'99- 2nd Val Royal: BC Mile, Del Mar Derby, etc.
'00- 3rd Special Ring: won Eddie Read 2x, etc.
'02- 3rd Mineshaft: won JCGC, Woodward, etc.
'03- 2nd Shakis: won Bernard Baruch 2x
'04- 1st Cacique: won Man O War, Manhattan, 2nd Arlington Million
'06- 2nd Champs Elysees: won Canadian Int, HP Turf Cup, placed Big Cap 2x
3rd Hello Sunday: 3rd Pacific Classic
'07- 1st Loup Breton: won San Marcos, etc.

[GPK]

I know it's easy to say after the race is run, but am I the only one that finds it hilarious that Mission Approved was 7-1 in the Million?

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by GPK

I know it's easy to say after the race is run, but am I the only one that finds it hilarious that Mission Approved was 7-1 in the Million?

I think it was 2 parts his race two back, 1 part possible lone speed angle..

[ninetoone]

Originally Posted by GPK

I know it's easy to say after the race is run, but am I the only one that finds it hilarious that Mission Approved was 7-1 in the Million?

I agree, I was pretty surprised to see the morning line of 6-1...figured it would be double that, although I was secretly hoping J.Espinoza would win it