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Weekend Notes

– Trainer Todd Pletcher swept Belmont’s Sunday baby stakes with Glacken’s Gal in the Astoria and Ready’s Image in the Tremont (Blood-Horse). Glacken’s Gal earned an 84 Beyer for her second start; Ready’s Image an excellent 99 Beyer for his 7 3/4 length win.
– In winning the Mother Goose on Saturday, Octave became the sixth filly to come out the Kentucky Oaks and win a stakes next start. The others include Rags to Riches (Belmont Stakes), Dreaming of Anna (Double Delta Stakes), and Cotton Blossom (Acorn Stakes).
– There’s a massive pick six carryover of $3.2 million at Hollywood on Monday (DRF), thanks to longshot Bright Prediction, who paid $172.80 to win today’s sixth. Monday will be the fourth straight day there’s been a pick six carryover; the pool is the largest in the track’s history.
– Interesting: At Churchill’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, CEO Robert Evans revealed the company is analyzing more than 150,000 races run in the past three years, looking for what makes handle jump. “We need better races to compete more effectively for the bettor’s dollar,” said Evans (Courier-Journal).

Posted in Races/Results on July 1, 2007

Intriguing Entry

The most intriguing horse running at Belmont on Saturday may well be Forest Jazzy in the seventh, a six furlong allowance N1X on the inner turf. The three-year-old filly galloped to a 24-length victory in her debut at River Downs six weeks ago, earning an 89 Beyer for the effort. (Check out the race on CalRacing and try not to feel sorry for the horse who ran second.) Starting for Bill Mott, the daughter of Forestry (sire of Discreet Cat and Diplomat Lady, the longest shot to ever win the G1 Hollywood Starlet) will try turf for the first time, the surface on which her dam, Pomona, scored a couple of allowance wins and finished second to female turf champion Fiji in the 1998 G2 Santa Barbara.
Results: It might be back to River Downs for Forest Jazzy after the filly set the pace in Saturday’s seventh then tired badly in the stretch as the 3-2 favorite, finishing last.

Posted in Races/Results on June 29, 2007

Corinthian Works for Suburban

Trainer Jimmy Jerkens sent the Met Mile winner out for a stamina building seven furlong work this morning, which he did in 1:25.74 over Belmont’s main track, getting the last eighth in :11.74 (DRF). Corinthian is being prepped for the June 30 Suburban, where he and at least three others are expected to take on Invasor, reigning horse of the year and defending Suburban winner.

Posted in Races/Results on June 21, 2007