No love for Z Humor?
 

Let go at 13-1. Mike Mitchell:rolleyes:

I guess 3 turns was what he needed all along.

He's 2 for 2 on bullrings and at 3 turns now!

Next up....TIMONIUM:tro:

Ha ha, I bet this race and must of been out of my mind when I made a bet on a Mandella horse at Fairplex. Very strange ride by Flores (No Dream), it was almost as if the horse was in here for a workout, maybe to put speed in him for his next start on turf. It was that kind of day :(

On paper, No Dream in the Ralph Hinds seemed a desperation move. What else could you call an ex-Euro, by thoroughly French sire Anabaa no less, showing up in that spot. He has been uncompetitive in stakes company on turf, allowance company on turf, allowance company on synthetics, and now this. Toss in the year layoff in his running lines and we got ourselves a candidate for $40k claiming at Oak Tree unless he's not already gelded, which means they have one more (or should I say "two"?) Hail Mary up their sleeve.

Well my 2 alternatives for a win bet didnt hit the board either and I would have never played Z Humor (in any race). As for the 2nd place finisher, the price on him was astonishing to me. 9/5? Joe Talamo is a pretty good rider at a big track like SA but he clearly sucks ass at Fairplex. I watched a lot of his rides the last week of the meet...wow. With his money, he should do the owners and trainers a favor and take his girlfriend to Hawaii for 3 weeks.

Z Humor looked like a tremendous toss superficially on paper. Here was a horse on its way down (when he never was really up), who clearly was not suited to synthetics and couldn't run on turf. Mitchell even sent him to Washington I presume in order to get him back on regular dirt. 3 tries, no dice, just a whatever 2nd place finish. All he had going for him seemingly was his "back class".

Then I realized that perhaps Mike Chambers (Z Humor's WA trainer) on dirt is not necessarily the same as Mike Mitchell on dirt. This all dawned on me about 100 yards before the wire.

I realized (after reading the 3rd or 4th post in this thread) that he also had successful bullring experience 2 years earlier at Delta Downs.

He should have been the favorite.

Really? I wouldnt bet him again if they ran the same race at the same track in 3 weeks. I think 13/1 was an underlay but wish like heck I bet him!