4/26 (HOL): Mervyn LeRoy (Gr. II)

[cakes44]

These days, Buzzard's Bay runs like almost every DWL horse...looks like a winner at the 3/4 pole, then folds like a cheap suit.

[2Hot4TV]

The comment I put with Buzzards Bay back when Gomez was riding him was "good looking older might be a money burner". Seems like Ron Ellis has two in his barn, Declans Moon been the same way.

[RolloTomasi]

Monzante ran out of his skin last time after dropping out of those lopsided Strub series races. He seemed to have a lot of potential when winning an allowance late last year over the Hollywood Park Cushion Track. Should be tough here with a repeat.

The rest look like bridesmaids and has-beens.

[letswastemoney]

Buzzards Bay is past his prime...he can't compete at this level anymore

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Monzante ran out of his skin last time after dropping out of those lopsided Strub series races. He seemed to have a lot of potential when winning an allowance late last year over the Hollywood Park Cushion Track. Should be tough here with a repeat.

The rest look like bridesmaids and has-beens.

Certainly he is the horse to beat but a few things I consider is

1) I am going to be a against horses who seemed beaten at Santa Anita yet exploded late to win

2) The barn that this horse hails from tends to not repeat those explosive efforts next out, and the tend to go off form mysteriously at low odds

3) he will be way overbet based on 1 and 2 in my eyes.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Certainly he is the horse to beat but a few things I consider is

1) I am going to be a against horses who seemed beaten at Santa Anita yet exploded late to win

2) The barn that this horse hails from tends to not repeat those explosive efforts next out, and the tend to go off form mysteriously at low odds

3) he will be way overbet based on 1 and 2 in my eyes.

Valid points, but historically, at least with his claimers, it seems like Mitchell's "improvements" hold for 3 or 4 races. I'm also guessing that you can draw a line through the Strub races that could have been anomalies given the condition of the track at the time and the lopsided pace scenarios in both. Considering that Tiago was in a similar boat, and ended up moving back towards top class status away from Santa Anita, I think its a reasonable assumption.

Also, and I'm probably wrong, but I get the feeling that Surf Cat will be a strong favorite here.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Valid points, but historically, at least with his claimers, it seems like Mitchell's "improvements" hold for 3 or 4 races. I'm also guessing that you can draw a line through the Strub races that could have been anomalies given the condition of the track at the time and the lopsided pace scenarios in both. Considering that Tiago was in a similar boat, and ended up moving back towards top class status away from Santa Anita, I think its a reasonable assumption.

Also, and I'm probably wrong, but I get the feeling that Surf Cat will be a strong favorite here.

Not a redboard (hope not anyway) because I've long been on record on here as being a huge Surf Cat fan but.......I don't see any reason why he shouldn't have been a heavy favorite here.

[10 pnt move up]

I played golf instead but its hard to beleive mozante was 7/5. It shows there just is alot of players who are struggling to grasp the different synthetic surfaces. Watch Mozante's run at santa anita, watch Colonal John, they are the same race, who wants to bet that horse at 4/1 or so next saturday?

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by cakes44

These days, Buzzard's Bay runs like almost every DWL horse...looks like a winner at the 3/4 pole, then folds like a cheap suit.

Huge money burner, even with the blinks....along with Sweet Northern Saint..Then again, so am I as of late...If it wasnt for baseball, I'd be 0 for the century this year.


I like Zappa on the cutback in here. I hope Rosario uses his early foot to get into a good position, sitting right off the first flight and pounce on the leaders turning for home. He has faced stiffer competition, but still not sure what kind of price I'll get come post time. Using with MOnzante.