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02-16-2009, 06:56 AM
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Weekend Stakes Beyers
Chou Croute -- Smart Surprise 106
ECR Derby -- Chocolate Candy 90 Sam Davis -- General Quarters 100 Endeavour -- Ballymore Lady 92 Richter Scale -- How's Your Halo 92 Hallandale Beach -- Duke of Hemburg 87 Fritchie -- Royale Michelle 96 Santa Maria -- Santa Teresita 98 Dearly Precious -- Dream Play 92 Others of interest.. FG 3yo ALW -- Captain Cherokee 79 AQU 4+ ALW -- Understatement 98 GP 3yo ALW -- Imperial Council 94 GP 3yo MSW -- Ziegfield 79 Sunday: Martha Washington -- Rachel Alexandra 99 La Canada -- Life is Sweet 96 Daytona -- Desert Code 102 Hurricane Bertie -- Any Limit 103 Coconut Grove -- Gozzip Girl 89 Capossela -- Not for Silver 94 Also to note.. 2/12 GP-OC/ALW Bribon 106
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02-16-2009, 09:30 AM
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Ooh.. One more!
McCann's Mojave -- El Gato Malo 85 
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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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02-17-2009, 05:28 AM
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You can add a 99 for Rachel Alexandra in the OP stake to match her 99 in The Golden Rod. Not to go off on a rant... but ...
The 99 Beyer for her Golden Rod win is the highest earned by a 2yo filly in a route race at Churchill Downs since Silverbulletday in 1999. It's also 8 points (or 4.5 lengths) faster than any other Golden Rod winner this decade. People may forget but Rags To Riches came into her Kentucky Oaks/Belmont sweep never having run faster than a 96 ... albeit she had all that distance pedigree on both sides & earned a 93 despite racing insanely wide on both turns in her stakes debut. Eight Belles came into her Derby 2nd place finish having run 96-91-99 in her three prior starts ... all stake wins at Oaklawn. Since the Beyers were first published in the DRF in '92 .. there have been 17 runnings of the Ky Oaks and the avg winning figure is exactly 99.00 - the same fig RA has run in her only 2 career two-turn routes. The most exicting thing to me about Rachel Alexandra is that she is trained by someone who doesn't have mystical powers. You see these guys with insane stats like... Kiaran McLaughlin (7 profitable years out of 8 on the betting dollar from '96-to-'03) Larry Jones (6 straight profitable years on the betting dollar from '97-to-'02) Jeff Mullins (7 out of 8 profitable years on the betting dollar from '96-to-'03) throw in your alchemists like Dutrow, Wolfson, etc. etc. and it's sickening. With her trainer Hal Wiggins you get.... * A man who has been around longer than dirt and has never won 20% or more in a year. * A man who once went 1-for-78 in a year - and followed it up with a 4-for-114 the next year. * A man who is 0-for-20 this year with all horses not named Rachel Alexandra * A man who is 158-for-1367 in all dirt races since '02 .. with a $2 ROI of $1.26 ... meaning that you lose 37% on the betting dollar - more than double the win pool takeout! * A man who is 3-for-92 in Graded Stake races .. including his '08 Golden Rod win. * A man who is 0-for-30 with all horses 2nd off a layoff of 45 days or more since '08. It's become exciting to see such a rare combo of talented young route horse with a trainer who has no statistical magic at all. Who else isn't nostalgic for a team like Perfect Drift & Murray Johnson or Rock Hard Ten & Jason Ormen?
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02-17-2009, 06:14 AM
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Sunday:
Martha Washington -- Rachel Alexandra 99 La Canada -- Life is Sweet 96 Daytona -- Desert Code 102 Hurricane Bertie -- Any Limit 103 Coconut Grove -- Gozzip Girl 89 Capossela -- Not for Silver 94 Also to note.. 2/12 GP-OC/ALW Bribon 106
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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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02-17-2009, 02:39 PM
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*General George (Lrl): True Quality (J. Campo Jr./C. Lopez) - 107
*Chou Croute (FG): Smart Surprise (J. Carroll/R. Albarado) - 105 *Hurricane Bertie (GP): Any Limit (H. Jerkens/C. Velasquez) - 103 *Daytona (SA): Desert Code (D. Hofmans/A. Gryder) - 102 *Sam F. Davis (Tam): General Quarters (M. Miller/J. Lopez) - 100 *Phoenix Gold Cup (TuP): Peace Chant (D. O'Neill/A. Quinonez) - 100 *Martha Washington (OP): Rachel Alexandra (H. Wiggins/C. Borel) - 99 *Santa Maria (SA): Santa Teresita (E. Guillot/J. Talamo) - 98 *John B. Campbell (Lrl): Richard's Kid (R. Small/J. Joubert) - 97 *La Canada (SA): Life Is Sweet (J. Shirreffs/G. Gomez) - 96 *Barbara Fritchie (Lrl): Royale Michele (S. Kintz/G. Garcia) - 96 *Dust Commander (TP): Timeless Fashion (T. Drury Jr./H. Rosario Jr.) - 96 *Fred "Cappy" Capossela (Aqu): Not for Silver (M. Trombetta/R. Dominguez) - 94 *Southwest (OP): Old Fashioned (J. Jones/R. Dominguez) - 93 *Endeavour (Tam): Ballymore Lady (E. Kenneally/J. Lezcano) - 92 *Dearly Precious (Aqu): Dream Play (K. McLaughlin/E. Castro) - 92 *Richter Scale Sprint (GP): How's Your Halo (B. Prichard/J. Leyva) - 92 *Buena Vista (SA): Jibboom (R. Frankel/G. Gomez) - 92 *Curribot (Sun): Song of Navarone (H. Dominguez/A. Castanon) - 92 *Jim's Orbit Texas Stallion (Ret): Valid Stripes (A. Laborde/C. Lanerie) - 92 *Turf Paradise (TuP): Bingham (K. Lewis/G. Corbett) - 90 *El Camino Real Derby (GG): Chocolate Candy (J. Hollendorfer/R. Baze) - 90 *Florida Thoroughbred Charities (OTC) - Dukes Flying Tiger (K. Ziadie/J. Lezcano) - 90 *Coconut Grove (GP): Gozzip Girl (T. Albertrani/K. Desormeaux) - 89 *La Zanzara (SA) - Caprice - Ger (H. Motion/R. Bejarano) - 88 *San Vicente (SA): Evita Argentina (J. Sadler/G. Gomez) - 88 *Darley OBS Championship (filly div.) (OTC) - Fitz Just Right (K. McLaughlin/A. Garcia) - 88 *Hallandale Beach (GP): Duke of Homberg - GB (T. Albertrani/A. Garcia) - 87 *Governor's Speed (PM): Ex Mountain Cop (J. Nance/C. Jones) - 87 *Pippin (OP): French Kiss (G. Hartlage/J. Johnson) - 86 *McCann's Mojave (GG): El Gato Malo (C. Dollase/R. Baze) - 85 *Sun City (TuP): She's Sensational (J. Martin/K. Kaenel) - 84 *Santa Teresa (Sun): Stealth Cat (S. Asmussen/L. Contreras) - 82 *Darley OBS Championship (colt div.) (OTC): Cape Royale (W. White/C. Velasquez) - 80 *Suncoast (Tam): Rock Candy (M. Zwiesler/J. Lezcano) - 80
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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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02-17-2009, 03:06 PM
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They paid 900k for Peace Chant, and he never won a stakes for those connections. So, they had to lose atleast 700k on that situation, and O'neil wins a 100k stakes right off the claim with him. That's brutal.
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