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Old 09-28-2021, 01:00 PM
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Looking like Belmont or Santa Anita. Right now Belmont, with The Woodward and The Champagne has the edge, although Santa Anita has three BC qualifying stakes races on the card??? And . . .

Just about 5 1/2 weeks to the Beeders Cup at Del Mar!!!
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Old 09-28-2021, 01:08 PM
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I know you probably won’t like this suggestion 🙄

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🏆 ALL STAKES FROM BELMONT AND SANTA ANITA 🏆
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Old 09-28-2021, 02:18 PM
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I know you probably won’t like this suggestion 🙄

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🏆 ALL STAKES FROM BELMONT AND SANTA ANITA 🏆
I kinda like that idea. We've done it in the past. That would make an interesting and challenging 9 race card.
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Old 09-28-2021, 08:16 PM
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Don, congrats on your points win on a day when some of the races were complete mysteries.
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Old 09-29-2021, 05:42 PM
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Some of the fields for both the Belmont and Santa Anita stakes races are disappointingly small. It often seems to work out that way for major stakes races.

At Belmont, the Miss Grillo, the Champagne and the Woodword all drew only 6 entrants. At Santa Anita the City of Hope Mile only has a field of 5 and the Santa Anita Sprint Championship has 6. The rest of the stakes races at both tracks have fuller fields.
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Old 09-29-2021, 05:57 PM
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Well there's Laurel Park with 5 Graded Stakes and much larger fields. More of a challenge with more entries and a track we seldom. It should keep the scores down too.

I'm OK with Laurel's 10 race card.
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Old 09-29-2021, 06:16 PM
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Churchill Downs
October 2, 2021
Go to Race: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | All
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RACE 10 Ack Ack S. (Grade III) POST TIME - 5:26 PM ET

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Churchill Downs STAKES

Purse $300,000. (Includes $50,000 – KTDF - Kentucky TB Devt Fund). For Three-Year-Olds And Upward.One Mile.

PP Horse Virtual
Stable A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer
1 Exculpatory (MD) 3/C C Cedeno 118 M J Reid
2 Mo Mosa (KY) 4/C J Lezcano 123 M J Maker
3 Guest Suite (KY) 7/G E Esquivel 121 C Contreras
4 Ebben (KY) 6/G F Arrieta 121 S Margolis
5 Mr Dumas (KY) 5/H R Gutierrez 121 J A Ortiz
6 Aloha West (MD) 4/C C J Lanerie 121 W M Catalano
7 Plainsman (KY) 6/H J Rosario 121 B H Cox
8 Atoka (KY) 4/C R Bejarano 121 D W Lukas
9 South Bend (KY) 4/C J Graham 121 W I Mott
10 Beau Liam (KY) 3/C B J Hernandez, Jr. 118 S M Asmussen
11 Rushie (FL) 4/C J Castellano 121 M W McCarthy
Owners: 1 - Grace Merryman ; 2 - Perry Martin ; 3 - Contreras Stable, Inc. (Cipriano Contreras) and Victory Stables, LLC (David Rodriguez) ; 4 - J S Stables, LLC (Craig Aguiar) ; 5 - Hooties Racing, LLC (Mark Moore) and WSS Racing, LLC (William Simon) ; 6 - Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners (Aron Wellman) ; 7 - Shortleaf Stable, Inc. (John Ed Anthony) ; 8 - Laurie Lukas, D. Wayne Lukas, Jim Heird and Eleanor Green ; 9 - Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable (Adam Wachtel), Peter Deutsch and Pantofel Stable, LLC (Len Schleifer) ; 10 - Stonestreet Stables, LLC (Barbara Banke) ; 11 - Jim and Donna Daniell

Breeders: 1 - Anchor & Hope Farm Inc & Finn's Nickel,LLC; 2 - Perry Martin & Denise Martin; 3 - W. S. Farish & Kilroy ThoroughbredPartnership; 4 - Hinkle Farms; 5 - Ramspring Farm; 6 - Robert T. Manfuso & Katharine M. Voss; 7 - Joseph Minor; 8 - KatieRich Farms; 9 - Highclere, Inc.; 10 - Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC; 11 - Ocala Stud

Pedigrees (Sire - Dam, by Dam Sire): 1 - Mineshaft - Elusory , by Broken Vow ; 2 - Uncle Mo - Roughing , byEskendereya ; 3 - Quality Road - Guest House , by Ghostzapper ; 4 - Trappe Shot - Please Be Discreet , byDiscreet Cat ; 5 - Majesticperfection - Ready Love , by More Than Ready ; 6 - Hard Spun - Island Bound , bySpeightstown ; 7 - Flatter - S S Pinafore , by Street Sense ; 8 - Union Rags - Splendor Town , by Speightstown ; 9 - Algorithms - Sandra's Rose , by Old Trieste ; 10 - Liam's Map - Belle of Perintown , by Dehere ; 11 - Liam's Map -Conquest Angel , by Colonel John ;
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Old 09-29-2021, 06:19 PM
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SANTA ANITA

Race # Purse Race Type Distance Surface Starters Est. Post Entries Plus
Race 1 $61,000 Maiden Special Weight 5 Furlongs Turf 14 12:30 PM PT FREE
Race 2 $35,000 Maiden Claiming 1 Mile Dirt 5 1:00 PM PT FREE
Race 3 $200,000 City of Hope Mile S. 1 Mile Turf 5 1:30 PM PT FREE
Race 4 $61,000 Maiden Special Weight 6 Furlongs Dirt 7 2:00 PM PT FREE
Race 5 $65,000 Allowance Optional Claiming About 6 1/2 Furlongs Downhill turf 8 2:30 PM PT FREE
Race 6 $65,000 Allowance Optional Claiming 1 1/16 Miles Dirt 5 3:00 PM PT FREE
Race 7 $63,000 Allowance Optional Claiming 1 Mile Turf 14 3:30 PM PT FREE
Race 8 $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. 6 Furlongs Dirt 6 4:00 PM PT FREE
Race 9 $300,000 Rodeo Drive S. 1 1/4 Miles Downhill turf 9 4:30 PM PT FREE
Race 10 $300,000 Awesome Again S. 1 1/8 Miles Dirt 8 5:00 PM PT FREE
Race 11 $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship S. 1 1/4 Miles Turf 13

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Laurel

8 12:40 PM ET FREE
Race 2 $25,000 Claiming 7 Furlongs Dirt 8 1:10 PM ET FREE

Race 3 $150,000 Laurel Futurity 1 1/16 Miles Turf 9 1:40 PM ET FREE

Race 4 $100,000 All Along S. 1 1/8 Miles Turf 6 2:10 PM ET FREE

Race 5 $17,000 Claiming 7 Furlongs Dirt 12 2:42 PM ET FREE

Race 6 $150,000 Selima S. 1 1/16 Miles Turf 9 3:14 PM ET FREE

Race 7 $100,000 Laurel Dash S. 5 1/2 Furlongs Turf 12 3:48 PM ET FREE

Race 8 $46,000 Maiden Special Weight 1 Mile Dirt 7 4:19 PM ET FREE

Race 9 $100,000 Japan Turf Cup S. 1 1/2 Miles Turf 7 4:49 PM ET FREE

Race 10 $32,000 Starter Optional Claiming 5 1/2 Furlongs Turf 14 5:27 PM ET FREE
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Old 09-29-2021, 06:39 PM
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All good choices depending on your criteria and preference. Let me cogitate on this for awhile!?
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Just my opinion, but I think Santa Anita might have a slightly stronger card than the others with respect to the Graded Stakes. Belmont has 4 graded stakes, but 3 of them are 6 horse fields. Santa Anita has 5 graded Stakes. One is a 5 horse field and one a 6 horse field. The others are 8,9, and 13 horse fields.
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