The Alabama

[Sightseek]

Alabama Stakes (gr. I), $600,000, Aug. 18, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/4 miles, approx post 5:20 p.m.

PP. Horse, Weight, Jockey
1. Moon Catcher, 121, Kent Desormeaux
2. Panty Raid, 121, Edgar Prado
3. Tough Tiz's Sis, 121, Rafael Bejarano
4. Octave, 121, John Velazquez
5. Folk, 121, Garrett Gomez
6. Lear's Princess, 121, Eibar Coa
7. Lady Joanne, 121, Calvin Borel

No Rags to Riches, but at least the rest of the top of the class showed up.

[fpsoxfan]

Wow...I go away to my camp on Sacandaga for 10 days...No TV...No Computer.....I come back and Cornholio is ahead in the jockey standings, Kent is in 2nd, another teacher is in space, Karl Rove is out and they are running a 2 mile race at Saratoga. What am I going to hear next? A record crowd on chair day?

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

folk wont be short this time....

[Danzig]

panty ride and prado.

[letswastemoney]

I lost $100 to win on Lear's Princess

[Sightseek]

5% of Octave's winnings will be donated to the Make a Wish Foundation.

Go Girl Go!

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Alabama Stakes (gr. I), $600,000, Aug. 18, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/4 miles, approx post 5:20 p.m.

PP. Horse, Weight, Jockey
1. Moon Catcher, 121, Kent Desormeaux
2. Panty Raid, 121, Edgar Prado
3. Tough Tiz's Sis, 121, Rafael Bejarano
4. Octave, 121, John Velazquez
5. Folk, 121, Garrett Gomez
6. Lear's Princess, 121, Eibar Coa
7. Lady Joanne, 121, Calvin Borel

No Rags to Riches, but at least the rest of the top of the class showed up.

Lear's Princess training outstanding in the AM - look for a big effort

[ddthetide]

very nice field. i like octave, moon catcher, folk.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

It looks like a very nice race and the whole card is pretty intriguing. They are running a 2 mile race, crazy.

That one I can't figure out...nobody in the field even has remotely gone that distance.

[SniperSB23]

Just box up Lear's Princess, Lady Joanne, and Folk and you'll get a nice tri with Pletcher not hitting the top three. If Panty Raid somehow gets under 4-1 then throw in Octave for a guaranteed payout.

5,6/4,5,6,7/4,5,6,7

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I'm not sure what the price will be, but from a pedigree standpoint Nite Light is interesting. Thunder Gulch won the Belmont at 12 furlongs and his mother the recently deceased Lite Light was a beast. Multiple grade 1 winner who won the Coaching Club Oaks.

Isn't he also entered on Friday's card? That spot looks better than this one.

[boswd]

OCTAVE - Mother Goose and CCAO winner
Panty Raid - Black Eye Susan and American Oaks winner
Lear's Princess - 2nd in the CCAO
Folk - UAE Oaks winner
Lady Jo Ann - 2nd in Mother Goose
Tough Tiz's sis - Hollywood Oaks winner
Moon Catcher - Deleware Oaks winner


This is what a major Grade I is supposed to look like. Not one Auto toss in the field IMHO. This is one fantastic field.
That's why I torn when Rags opted out. On one hand you want the best filly to run in arguable the biggest race of the year for the 3 yr old filly's but we probably would have been looking at 4 horse field.
Now we have the best of the best well excluding Rags that is.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Yeah, entered going 7 today. I actually think the 2 mile would be better off for him. Especially with that pedigree.

Oops, I just unknowingly duplicated what you said here on another thread. I agree 100%. His sire and broodmare sire were both G1 winners at 12f (although Majestic Light's was on the turf) and his dam was a G1 winner at 10f. Not bad for this distance. It will be interesting to see what the odds do for this race. I like him, but if everybody falls in love with his pedigree and the odds get crazy on him (like 8/5 crazy) there could be some value elsewhere, especially since I believe this is only his third lifetime start.
Oh right, this thread was supposed to be about the Alabama, but the 3yo filly division without Rags can't really hold my attention this year.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I agree. I actually thought the Levine and Gorham were interesting in there as well.

In the Alabama I think Lady Joanne is going to be real tough. I might use Folk and Panty Raid as well.

After a quick look at the PP (http://www.drf.com/row/pps/07alabama.pdf) I really like Panty Raid here. She seems to be able to run anywhere on anything, and that 5f in :59.3 on Aug 12th makes it seem that she will like running at Saratoga.

[letswastemoney]

It's not often you'll get 10-1 on Lear's Princess......I'm going with her again

[Antitrust32]

Lear's Princess all the way to the bank. She will love 1 1/4.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I doubt Lear's Princess will be 10-1.

I agree but I'll take 8-1, 6-1, whatever she shall be! **** even 5-2.

[letswastemoney]

Okay maybe she won't be 10-1....but her beyer numbers are low compared to the rest of this field so I think 6-1 is a reasonable guess.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cardus

This race is an example of what happens when the monster horse is not entered; other nice horses run, and in this case, the field is terrific by current American racing standards.

Though I'm a little concerned that there will be pace pressure, I think Folk will win. I liked her race just as much as Octave's last time. I know it didn't get a big (BSF) fig -- and I haven't seen the sheet numbers -- I thought the 1-2-3 horses ran well.

True, and it will probably feature more blacktype than the field of the Travers.

[Benny Leger]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

That one I can't figure out...nobody in the field even has remotely gone that distance.

I've got a feeling Panty Raid is going to love the 10 panel distance. I love her in this spot .