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07-07-2012, 05:03 PM
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Not a bad renewal. Not sure what Mike Smith has on these owners to pick up these mounts.
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07-07-2012, 05:28 PM
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07-07-2012, 05:32 PM
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Smith has done a nice job of landing top class pick up mounts for a while.
Mucho Macho Man put it all together today. He's a June foal, so this was actually his first start ever as a 4-year-old in terms of birthday date. Good final time of 1:46 2/5 for 9 furlongs. The 1-2 finishers of the Cornhusker, (Fort Larned and Successful Dan) both dominated Mucho Macho Man last out... but obviously the freshening and the three straight bullet workouts proved a positive sign of health and things to come.
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07-07-2012, 06:45 PM
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07-07-2012, 07:13 PM
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 Those were his stats coming into today. He won two races today, The Mixer ($15.80) and he won the Grade 3 Victory Ride with Emma's Encore ($80.00) she's a $2,000 yearling who had never run a Beyer above 75. She was also a pick-up mount -- as Julian Leperoux chose to ride Tu Eni Wei instead. Junior's ridden 4,028 races in his career and is showing a flat bet profit for his life. As I said a few years ago, he was the finest bug rider I've ever watched. He had his bug at Calder near the end of 2007 -- and I followed Calder very closely leading into Gulfstream Park. It was a joke how much better he was than everyone else.
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07-08-2012, 07:44 AM
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07-08-2012, 09:47 AM
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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07-09-2012, 08:37 AM
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Maybe Smith is looking to move his tack east again.
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07-07-2012, 07:34 PM
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07-07-2012, 08:07 PM
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Jockeys get too much attention from everyone in this sport.
Justin Stein was 23% with the bug at Hastings Park in 2005. Mario Gutierrez was 21% with the bug at Hastings Park in 2006. Stein won the Queen's Plate with a flawless ride and is a better jockey than most of the big name guys here. Gutierrez won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness this year with flawless rides, he just won a Graded Stake race at Hollywood today. He doesn't get the mounts. He lucked into I'll Have Another when he picked him up at 43/1 and he never got him beat. It's a whole lot of fashion. Look at Rosario. He was great until he cemented his status as a top jockey. Once he was made, he just looked to keep everything in the clear. Once a jockey gets that brand name -- they're made.
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07-07-2012, 08:16 PM
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07-07-2012, 08:17 PM
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07-07-2012, 08:43 PM
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Maybe Smith's agent called first. Maybe Nakatani thought riding Regally Ready at Arlington for Assmussen was a better long term opportunity given the number of starters he rides for Assmussen compared to Ritvo. Maybe Rosie thought she had better possibilities down the road with Flat Out.
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