So Disappointing
– Jockey Jose Valdivia on Buzzard Bay’s eighth-place finish in the San Diego Handicap as the 3-2 favorite:
“This just blows my mind. He was running so easy. Going down the backside I had a big grin on my face. He was just floating. I thought we were going to take them wire-to-wire for sure. But then when we went for home and I asked him for it, there was nothing there. I was out of horse. I don’t know what happened. He just wasn’t there. So disappointing. Oh, brother.”
Sun Boat rallied from last to win the race (ThoroTimes).
– Through Saturday, favorites had won nine of the 26 races on Del Mar’s new Polytrack (35%), and 17 starters with odds of 5-1 or less won (65%). Guess handicappers are doing just fine with the new surface.
