Suffolk COO Robert O’Malley on the state of Massachusetts racing, past and present:
“I always remember the line from Dave Wilson, who was the racing writer with the old Record in Boston: ‘Suffolk Downs is the only place where a Ph.D. from M.I.T. would chase a tattered bum across the apron asking, “What do you know?”‘”
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“There isn’t the interest in the local product from day to day. There’s more interest in out-of-town races.”
“Summerly, who disappointed her connections in the Ashland Stakes … more than made up for it with a wire-to-wire win in the $554,400 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs Friday. Heavily favored Sis City tried valiantly but never could get by Summerly and finished fourth in the seven-horse field.” (Blood-Horse)
Special guest Ed DeRosa fingers a surprising horse to win, and Alan Mann of Left at the Gate and I debate Bellamy Road’s merits.
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Picks elsewhere: The Daily Racing Form has extensive analysis with picks from Andrew Beyer, Brad Free, Steven Crist, etc.; Steve Haskin analyzes the Derby at Blood-Horse; and at ESPN, Jay Cronley, Bill Finley, and Ed McNamara tell who they think will win.
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