2/7 (SA): San Antonio H. (G2)

[Kasept]

7th (2:07) San Antonio H. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles (All Weather Track) | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Quasicobra Baze M C 113 L
2 Marsh Side Rosario J 119
3 Mast Track Smith M E 118 L
4 Philatelist Bejarano R 113
5 Pick Six Espinoza V 114 L
6 Slew's Tiznow Valdivia J Jr 114 L
7 Dakota Phone Garcia M 115 L
8 Richard's Kid Gomez G K 120 L
9 Giganticus Sutherland C 114
10 Nownownow Talamo J 116 L
11 Furthest Land Leparoux J R 119 L

[eajinabi]

What a great ride by Gomez. I bet those jocks on the front never saw him comming.

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What a great ride by Gomez. I bet those jocks on the front never saw him comming.

what were they going to do, Mast Track was off the rail gasping for air the final 1/16th, not like they could swing over and block what is a miracle run.

[RockHardTen1985]

what were they going to do, Mast Track was off the rail gasping for air the final 1/16th, not like they could swing over and block what is a miracle run.

Miracle run? He was the chalk and is just better then those.

[eajinabi]

what were they going to do, Mast Track was off the rail gasping for air the final 1/16th, not like they could swing over and block what is a miracle run.

Sometimes its ok to admit a good ride when you see it.

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Miracle run? He was the chalk and is just better then those.

It took a miracle run for the horse to win, meaning everything went the horses way, race collapses and he gets pretty much a perfect trip to beat a 35/1 shot. Now normally its an auto play against in the next race but this horse won't be facing much at a distance I think he is better at then most. He aint much horse thats for sure.

[NTamm1215]

It took a miracle run for the horse to win, meaning everything went the horses way, race collapses and he gets pretty much a perfect trip to beat a 35/1 shot. Now normally its an auto play against in the next race but this horse won't be facing much at a distance I think he is better at then most. He aint much horse thats for sure.

I agree but I think even a B-list Euro turf horse trying the Tapeta in the DWC will abuse Richard's Kid.

Worth noting that this horse was a complete pig before going to the white-haired magician...now he must be getting the good stuff.

NT

[hockey2315]

I agree but I think even a B-list Euro turf horse trying the Tapeta in the DWC will abuse Richard's Kid.

Worth noting that this horse was a complete pig before going to the white-haired magician...now he must be getting the good stuff.

NT

Or he switched surfaces. . .

[10 pnt move up]

I agree but I think even a B-list Euro turf horse trying the Tapeta in the DWC will abuse Richard's Kid.

Worth noting that this horse was a complete pig before going to the white-haired magician...now he must be getting the good stuff.

NT

oops my bad, thought he was running in the Cap...he will get crushed

[NTamm1215]

Or he switched surfaces. . .

In his last three starts for Dick Small he was beaten by a combined 23 1/2 lengths in handicap division staples like the New Orleans Handicap, the HE Johnson Memorial, and the William Donald Schaefer. He was a complete failure. All of a sudden he gets three months off and is a legitimate GI horse (albeit in a horrible division)?

NT

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Seriously...Dick Small...nice

[hockey2315]

Small's a 5% trainer who in 16 starts never ran the horse on turf or synth (although it looks like he tried once). . . The horse was certainly nothing special for Small, but he ran a few decent enough races topped by that 97 Beyer over Bullsbay in last year's J. Campbell. To believe that he moved up on a different surface (his dam was a turfer and her two sibs who made it to the races were turfers as well) - the proper surface - by what? an average of 12 Beyer points? isn't really anything to be amazed by. I'm not a Baffert fan, but I don't really see this as a blatant case of juicing by any stretch.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Seriously...Dick Small...nice

One of the great names out there for sure.

Tell me you knew though? He trained Concern.

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One of the great names out there for sure.

Tell me you knew though? He trained Concern.

I had not heard the name, I was just getting into the game at that time and never knew the trainer.

[Indian Charlie]

One of the great names out there for sure.

Tell me you knew though? He trained Concern.

Wasn't Dick Small what Emily used to call you?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

You're obsessed with penis size.

[RolloTomasi]

Dick Small also trained Broad Brush. Off and on, he was private trainer for Robert Meyerhoff.

[RockHardTen1985]

I agree but I think even a B-list Euro turf horse trying the Tapeta in the DWC will abuse Richard's Kid.

Worth noting that this horse was a complete pig before going to the white-haired magician...now he must be getting the good stuff.

NT
He was not a complete pig and Baffert is the GOAT.

[RockHardTen1985]

Small's a 5% trainer who in 16 starts never ran the horse on turf or synth (although it looks like he tried once). . . The horse was certainly nothing special for Small, but he ran a few decent enough races topped by that 97 Beyer over Bullsbay in last year's J. Campbell. To believe that he moved up on a different surface (his dam was a turfer and her two sibs who made it to the races were turfers as well) - the proper surface - by what? an average of 12 Beyer points? isn't really anything to be amazed by. I'm not a Baffert fan, but I don't really see this as a blatant case of juicing by any stretch.

I agree.
I remember we looked at him in that turf race first start for Baffert, after that he got really good, perfect prep.