High Finance

[brianwspencer]

I may be a sucker, and I'm likely not playing it anyway -- but Gin and Sin scares me just about every time out. I think he's got tons of talent and has gotten his share of less than ideal trips, even going back to the Prairie Bayou (?) at Turfway and then the Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream.

He doesn't sport the gaudy stats of some of the others in there, but he ran his career best race over this surface last fall.

And just so I can't guarantee the last and second last exacta, I'd not discount Lewis Michael either, if we're fishing for a price in a race that seems pretty open . He ran one of the best two races of his life over this surface in a GII last fall and his style could be to his advantage over a quirky surface. The shape of the race seems like it will determine his involvement or lack thereof, but on his best, he's a contender in here.

Obviously, they're both fringe contenders, but I wouldn't be shocked to see either of them run really well on Saturday.