Bustout Brooks is Back

[Calzone Lord]

People might remember Gerald Brooks as Scott Lake's one-time top asst trainer at the NYRA circuit.

When Lake was suspended, Brooks saddled future Breeders Cup Sprint 2nd place finisher Thunderello to a 2nd place finish behind Mayakovsky in a track record setting 5.5f baby race on opening day at Saratoga.

http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbP...try=USA&race=3


Brooks was invisible until recently -- and he has only started 3 different horses at Presque Isle this meet. They've all performed eye-brow raising well.

* This horse -- off of two terrible races since leaving Shuman -- won clear and paid $29.80 off of the long layoff:




* This horse who is in tomorrow -- a 6-year-old North Carolina bred who Hugh McMahon couldn't even get to run -- just missed at 45/1 odds in his PID debut for Brooks.




* This horse -- a 15-time maiden off of a bunch of zero Beyers -- was a clear 2nd at 67-to-1 odds today and didn't miss by much.




So far, a $29.80 winner -- and two 2nds (45/1 and 67/1 odds) from three starters here for Brooks. A lot of 30-point type improvements.

It will be interesting to see if he's found an edge.