3/1 (TP): John Battaglia Memorial S.

[pmayjr]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

Since there's no thread started for the Battaglia Memorial today at Turfway, there's a lot of horses that have potential to move forward via this race. Like a lot of the ALW winners that have been entered in the Southwest and Risen Star should've been entered in here as a litmus test before trying a major prep. Seems like a good test race for a lot of these to see if they go for a major prep later this month/next month.

The one that sticks out to me the most is Poker Player. Catalano has kept him mainly on turf, but with that breeding, I think he could really do damage going long on dirt.

Hey neato! There's a thread now lol (thanks Steve). Anyway, I'm not sure if Poker Player gets it done today, but no matter the result I think Catalano has a lot of options with him going forward.

I'd go Poker Player with Harry's Holiday (sorry if it seems like I have a Harlan's Holiday bias) and Kids Rule underneath. I don't think you're gonna get that 15-1 ML price on Kids Rule. I think he'll be about half that