5/26 (HOL): Gr. I's Gamely/Shoemaker
 

3rd (2:20) Gamely S. (G1)

1 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $250,000

1 Diamond Diva (GB) Smith M E 117 L
2 Lavender Sky Solis A 117 L
3 Precious Kitten Bejarano R 123 L
4 Rutherienne Nakatani C S 123 L
5 Solva (GB) Espinoza V 117 L



9th (5:20) Shoemaker Mile S. (G1)

1 Mile (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $250,000

1 Perfect Drift Espinoza V 124 L
2 Mast Track Valdivia J Jr 124 L
3 Ever a Friend Baze T C 124 L
4 Get Funky Baze M C 124 L
5 Notional Nakatani C S 124 Blk-On L
6 Thousand Words (GB) Flores D R 124 L
7 Hyperbaric Bejarano R 124 L
8 Daytona (IRE) Solis A 124 L

Rutherienne and Notional

Yeah, I don't see it either.

I did a double take when I saw Perfect Drift listed...

I didn't. He came up in my stable mail. :o

Kinda excited to see the old man back on the track.

I like Hyperbaric here (... but good luck to PD). :)

I kinda like Thousand Words in the Shoemaker. I think Get Funky might be able to keep Daytona honest and Solis will find a way to mess up Daytona.

I'm sure someone will bring this up soon but you have to rank the trip Rutherienne got in the Jenny Wiley as one of the best ever. I highly doubt she gets a similar setup. Precious Kitten is the one to beat.

NT

Daytona
Get Funky
Thousand Words
Hyperbaric

I think Daytona is in deep in the Shoemaker and the trainer is miscalculating. He makes his winning move on the turn and that gets really tough at a flat mile compared to 10 furlongs. There is plenty of speed to set it up for Hyperbaric who has run two solid but unlucky races for a guy who knows how to win this race.

I think Rutherienne is tough in the gamely, she seems to run slow or fast pace and just looks better then these.

Daytona to hold off a late charge for the win. Will key heavy in the first slot of ex and tri with HC, MT, and TW with a modest reverse bet. Will single in p3 attempts as well. Will go all-8-all for a buck and sandwhich him with 8 other horses for a fin.(probably 4x1x2)...

Good luck and enjoy the day!!

not saying that Diamond Diva was the best in the Gamely stakes but i mean is there any reason to cut 22/45 fractions going a 1 1/8th, with no pressure?
Did someone not tell Smith it's a 1 1/8th race instead of a mile like the horse's previous 2 races?

-bt-

Hyperbaric ran a heck of a step up race against the top west coast turfer in Daytona in his last, to me he had a far worser trip than Daytona. I'm not a huge fan of T Baze's on turf as he chooses Ever A Friend but at 9/2 Hyperbaric seems to me a very logical bet if his last was true and he can carry the extra weight.